Sealife guideThe bluescaled wrasseCirrhilabrus cyanopleura

Last updated on 08/20/2024 at 08:58 PM

Taxonomy

Common name: Bluescaled wrasse
French name: Labre nain à flanc bleu
Scientific name: Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura (Bleeker, 1851)
Family name: Labridae
Order name: Perciformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

Geographic range

Le labre nain à flanc bleu est une espèce de poisson endémique l'Indo-Pacifique ouest.

The bluescaled wrasse (Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura) © Francesco Ricciardi | Dreamstime.com

Within the same genus

Exquisite fairy wrasse
(Cirrhilabrus exquisitus)

Within the same family

Abudjubbe wrasse
(Cheilinus abudjubbe)

Batu coris
(Coris batuensis)

Bird mouth wrasse
(Gomphosus varius)

Diana's hogfish
(Bodianus diana)

Moon wrasse
(Thalassoma lunare)

Rockmover wrasse
(Novaculichthys taeniourus)

Sunset wrasse
(Thalassoma lutescens)

Yellowblotch razorfish
(Iniistius aneitensis)

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Frostfin cardinalfish
(Ostorhinchus hoevenii)

Hector's goby
(Koumansetta hectori)

Redtail butterflyfish
(Chaetodon collare)

Small red scorpionfish
(Scorpaena notata)

Snowflake moray
(Echidna nebulosa)

Snubnose pompano
(Trachinotus blochii)

Titan triggerfish
(Balistoides viridescens)

Whitebelly damselfish
(Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster)

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