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Updated 3/10/2025

Family Labridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC

Cirrhilabrus exquisitus



Female, Rainbow Reef, Fiji, 40 feet


Juvenile, Rainbow Reef, Fiji, 35 feet


Juvenile, Banda Sea, 40 feet

Male, Maldives
   

EXQUISITE FAIRY WRASSE

Occurs with rubble along current-swept dropoffs.  Females red with black spot on caudal peduncle, wite dash on snout, males variable with two white diagonal bars at pectoral base.  Attains 4.5 inches.  East Africa to French Polynesia, excluding Hawaii.

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