Cirrhilabrus scottorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Labriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Labriformes

Familia: Labridae
Genus: Cirrhilabrus
Species: Cirrhilabrus scottorum

Name

Cirrhilabrus scottorum Randall & Pyle, 1989

Holotype: BPBM 6930. [Paratypes: AMS I.27243-001 (3); BPBM 6931 (2), 6937 (1), 9351 (1), 11286 (1), 11524 (1), 11581 (1), 11608 (1), 13499 (1), 14003 (2), 14011 (1), 14594 (1), 16474 (1), 16904 (2), 17461 (3), 24124 (1), 31740 (1); CAS 13994 (2); MNHN 1984-189 (2); USNM 202809 (2); ZUMT 57521 [ex BPBM 24124] (1)].

Type locality: Outside barrier reef about 1/4 mile east of Teavaraa Pass, Papara, Tahiti, Society Islands, depth 12 meters.

References

Randall, J.E. and R.M. Pyle 1989: Cirrhilabrus scottorum, a new labrid fish from the South Pacific Ocean. Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpetologie, 15(4) [1988]: 113–118.
Parenti, P. & J.E. Randall 2000: An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 68: 1–97.
Cirrhilabrus scottorum in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2026. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Scott's Wrasse