Blue-scaled Fairy Wrasse

Cirrhilabrus ryukyuensis

Fifteen Centimeters Wrasse of Indonesian Waters

Blue
Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
Southeast Asia
Tropical fish

Cirrhilabrus ryukyuensis is a wrasse from the western Pacific Ocean from Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines north to Japan. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 15 cm (5.9 in) in length.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Unnamed Order
Family: Labridae
Genus: Cirrhilabrus
Water: Marine
Distribution: Western Pacific: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines; north to Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands, Japan.

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