Coral Sea Wrasse

Scientific Name: Cirrhilabrus bathyphilus
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 11cm
Identification: TP - Red upper body, yellowish to white below; purplish dorsal fin with broad black border and black blotch on front. Undescribed species.
Favourite: Form aggregations over rubble bottoms.
Hide-out: Outer reefs in 5-30m.
Location: Localized - Coral Sea, off N.E. Australia.

Bluesided Wrasse

Scientific Name: Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 10cm
Identification: TP - Blue to blue-green upper head and forebody, orange to brown to green rear body, pale belly.
Favourite: Solitary or form aggregations.
Hide-out: Mixed coral and rubble areas of lagoons and seaward slopes in 2-25m.
Location: East Indo-Asian Pacific - E. Andaman Sea to Papua New Guinea. S.W. Japan to N.W. Australia and Great Barrier Reef.

Backstriped Wrasse

Scientific Name: Cirrhilabrus katherinae
Family: Wrasses - Labridae
Maximum Size: 9cm
Identification: TP - Reddish to greenish brown with greenish stripe centered on back, pale belly; blue dorsal and anal fins with lavender borders.
Favourite: Solitary or form aggregations.
Hide-out: Patch reefs on outer reef slopes and in clear lagoons in 10-40m.
Location: Asian Pacific - Micronesia from Palau to Pohnpei and Ryukyu and Izu Is. south of Japan.