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Cirrhilabrus wakanda Tea, Pinheiro, Sheperd & Rocha, 2019
Vibranium fairy wrasse
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses) > Cirrhilabrinae
Etymology: Cirrhilabrus: Latin, cirrus = curl fringe + Greek, labros = furious (Ref. 45335); wakanda: Name refers to the fictional East African nation of Wakanda (home of the superhero Black Panther), as with the new species, it has remained hidden for a long time; noun in apposition.
Etymology: Cirrhilabrus: Latin, cirrus = curl fringe + Greek, labros = furious (Ref. 45335); wakanda: Name refers to the fictional East African nation of Wakanda (home of the superhero Black Panther), as with the new species, it has remained hidden for a long time; noun in apposition.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; pelagic-neritic; depth range 50 - 80 m (Ref. 120658). Tropical
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Western Indian Ocean: Tanzania.
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Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 7.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 120658); 5.7 cm SL (female)
Max length : 7.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 120658); 5.7 cm SL (female)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 25. This species is distinguished by the following characters: pelvic fins short (not or barely reaching anal-fin origin); caudal fin in males strongly lanceolate; relatively unmarked dorsal and anal fins; both sexes with a series of purple scales (alive and preserved) arranged in a chain-link pattern across dorsal two-thirds of body; both sexes with a pair of prominent facial stripes above and below the orbit (Ref. 120658).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: compressed.
Occurs in deep shelves consisting of small patch reefs dominated by rhodolith and sponge beds (Ref. 120658).
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Tea, Y.-K., H.T. Pinheiro, B. Shepherd and L.A. Rocha, 2019. Cirrhilabrus wakanda, a new species of fairy wrasse from mesophotic ecosystems of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa (Teleostei, Labridae). ZooKeys 863:85-96. (Ref. 120658)
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