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Monsoon fairy-wrasse (Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus)
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Monsoon fairy-wrasse (Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus) specimen
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Labridae

Monsoon fairy-wrasse

Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus

Endemic Wrasse of Australian Waters

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Oceania
  • Fusiform
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Monsoon fairy-wrasse is a marine fish from Eastern Indian Ocean. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 5.6 cm.

Family
Labridae
Maximum length
5.6 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Eastern Indian Ocean: currently known only from a single reef area in the eastern Timor Sea, approximately 200 km north of Darwin, Australia (Ref. 112597 ).

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