Cirrhilabrus pylei

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| image = Cirrhilabrus pylei.jpg

| image_caption = Cirrhilabrus briangreenei, a species that historically was confused with C. pylei (see text)

| taxon = Cirrhilabrus pylei

| authority = G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 1996

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Rocha, L. |author2=Suharti, S. |author3=Pollard, D. |date=2010 |title=Cirrhilabrus pylei |volume=2010 |page=e.T187580A8574054 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187580A8574054.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}

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Cirrhilabrus pylei, commonly called the blue-margin fairy-wrasse or Pyle's wrasse,{{Cite web|url=https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Cirrhilabrus_pylei/classification/|title=ADW: Cirrhilabrus pylei: CLASSIFICATION|website=animaldiversity.org|access-date=2019-07-16}} is a species of fairy wrasse. It can be found in depths of {{cvt|55|to(-)|82|m}} in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu; reports from the Philippines is due to confusion with C. briangreenei.{{Cite journal|last1=Tea|first1=Yi-Kai|last2=Pyle|first2=Richard L.|last3=Rocha|first3=Luiz A.|date=2020-02-24|title=A New Species of Fairy Wrasse (Teleostei: Labridae: Cirrhilabrus) from Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems of the Verde Island Passage, Philippines|url=https://bioone.org/journals/copeia/volume-108/issue-1/CI-19-297/A-New-Species-of-Fairy-Wrasse-Teleostei--Labridae/10.1643/CI-19-297.full|journal=Copeia|volume=108|issue=1|pages=91|doi=10.1643/CI-19-297|s2cid=213676236 |issn=0045-8511|url-access=subscription}} C. pylei can be kept in aquariums and is known for its peaceful temperament. The fish has also been known to jump from tanks.

Description

C. pylei has a typical adult length of {{cvt|3|to(-)|5|in|cm}}.{{Cite web|url=https://m.liveaquaria.com/general/general.cfm?general_pagesid=337|title=Marine Aquarium Fish Genus Profile: Wrasses of the Genus Cirrhilabrus|website=m.liveaquaria.com|access-date=2019-07-16}} The species has 11 dorsal spines, nine dorsal soft rays, 3 anal spines, and 9 anal soft rays.{{FishBase|Cirrhilabrus|pylei|month=August|year=2019}} The species has a coloration of peach to salmon.{{Cite web|url=https://reefbuilders.com/2015/08/02/fairy-wrasses-rubrimarginatus-group/|title=3.1 Fairy Wrasses: The rubrimarginatus group|date=2015-08-02|website=Reef Builders {{!}} The Reef and Marine Aquarium Blog|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-16}} Until 2020, it was commonly confused with C. briangreenei of the Philippines; the most distinct differences are that adult males of C. briangreenei have a large blackish spot on the dorsal fin and a blackish tip of the tail, which are lacking in C. pylei.{{cite web| last=Adams | first=J. | date=24 February 2020 | title=Cirrhilabrus briangreenei, an Old Aquarium Fish is a New Species of Fairy Wrasse | url=https://reefbuilders.com/2020/02/24/cirrhilabrus-briangreenei/ | publisher=ReefBuilders | access-date=12 February 2023 }}

Behavior

The species is carnivorous and in an aquarium setting it will feed on small animal prey like brine shrimp and mysis shrimp.{{Cite web|url=https://fishybusinessaquatics.com/fish/wrasse-reef-safe/sunset-fairy-wrasse-cirrhilabrus-pylei/|title=Saltwater Fish for Marine Aquariums - Sunset Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus pylei)|website=Fishy Business Aquatics|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-16}}

Etymology

The specific name of this fish honours the ichthyologist Richard Pyle. of the Bishop Museum (Honolulu), who collected type specimen.{{Cite web|url=http://www.etyfish.org/labriformes1/|title=Order LABRIFORMES: Family LABRIDAE (A-h)|date=16 June 2020}}

References

Category:Fish described in 1996

Category:Taxa named by Gerald R. Allen

Category:Taxa named by John Ernest Randall

Category:Fish of Indonesia

Category:Fish of Papua New Guinea

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