Cirrhilabrus punctatus
| Dotted wrasse | |
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| Species: | C. punctatus
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| Cirrhilabrus punctatus J. E. Randall & Kuiter, 1989
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The dotted wrasse,or Cirrhilabrus punctatus, is a species of wrasse native to the western Pacific Ocean, where it occurs from Papua New Guinea and Australia to Tonga and Fiji. It inhabits coral reefs at depths from 2 to 35 m (6.6 to 114.8 ft), though mostly between 5 and 28 m (16 and 92 ft). It can reach a total length of 13 cm (5.1 in). This species is found in the aquarium trade.[2]
References
- ^ Rocha, L. & Pollard, D. 2010. Cirrhilabrus punctatus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine>. Downloaded on 03 November 2013.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Cirrhilabrus punctatus" in FishBase. August 2013 version.
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