Fiji
Initial Phase
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Terminal Phase
Dotted Fairy Wrasse
Cirrhilabrus punctatus
Dotted Fairy Wrasse
Also known as: Dotted Wrasse, Finespot Wrasse
Category: Wrasses
Scientific Name: Cirrhilabrus punctatus
Size: Up to 5 in. (13 cm)
Depth: 6-120 ft. (2-37 m)
Distribution: Papua New Guinea, Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, Fiji
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Actinopteri (Superclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Eupercaria (Order)
└Labridae (Family)
└Cirrhilabrinae (Subfamily)
└Cirrhilabrus (Genus)
└C. punctatus (Species)
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