Monsoon fairy-wrasse


The monsoon fairy-wrasse is a species of fish in the wrasse family, originating from the eastern Timor Sea. It matures at a length between. They can be found at a depth of around. It is described from 19 type specimens. The species complex consists of five other Indo-Pacific species: Cirrhilabrus joanallenae, Cirrhilabrus humanni, Cirrhilabrus morrisoni, Cirrhilabrus naokoae, and Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis. Cirrhilabrus morrisoni and new Cirrhilabrus humanni relatively new adjoining natural ranges with Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus. The Australian version of Cirrhilabrus hygroxerus has bright white ventral part in its body and the rest of the female monsoon wrasses.