Cirrhilabrus isosceles

Taxonavigation: Labriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Labriformes

Familia: Labridae
Genus: Cirrhilabrus
Species: Cirrhilabrus isosceles

Name

Cirrhilabrus isosceles Tea et al., 2016

• Holotype: KPM-NI 5681.
• Paratypes: KPM-NI 5682 (0, 1) AMS I.47150-001 (1, 0); ZRC 54775 (1, 0); USNM 437595 (1, 0); BMNH 2016.5.27.1 (1, 0).

Type locality: Funauki Bay, Iriomote-jima, Yaeyama Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, 35 m depth.

Etymology: The species is named isosceles for the distinctive triangle of color on the midportion of the caudal fin.

Vernacular names

English: Pintail Fairy-wrasse
日本語: Hario-Itohikibera

References

• Tea, Y.K., Senou, H. & Greene, B.D. 2016. Cirrhilabrus isosceles, a new species of wrasse (Teleostei: Labridae) from the Ryukyu Archipelago and the Philippines, with notes on the C. lunatus complex. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 21: 18–37. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.53228 Reference page.