WoRMS taxon details
Cirrhilabrus exquisitus Smith, 1957
218954 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218954)
accepted
Species
Cirrhilabrus exquistius Smith, 1957 · unaccepted (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Smith, J. L. B. (1957). List of the fishes of the family Labridae in the western Indian Ocean with new records and five new species. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 7: 99-114, Pls. 1-2. [details]
Description Occurs over rubble or low patch reefs in areas of current (Ref. 9823). Usually seen at depths less than 10 m (Ref. 5278)....
Description Occurs over rubble or low patch reefs in areas of current (Ref. 9823). Usually seen at depths less than 10 m (Ref. 5278). Feeds on zooplankton in the water column (Ref. 9823). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Cirrhilabrus exquisitus Smith, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218954 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Smith, J. L. B. (1957). List of the fishes of the family Labridae in the western Indian Ocean with new records and five new species. <em>Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.</em> 7: 99-114, Pls. 1-2. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
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Unreviewed
Description Occurs over rubble or low patch reefs in areas of current (Ref. 9823). Usually seen at depths less than 10 m (Ref. 5278). Feeds on zooplankton in the water column (Ref. 9823). [details]Remark Date Eschmeyer, pers. comm. [details]
To Barcode of Life (20 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cirrhilabrus exquistius Smith, 1957)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cirrhilabrus exquisitus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cirrhilabrus exquistius Smith, 1957)
To FishBase images (Cirrhilabrus exquisitus, Maldives, by Tanaka, H.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 51 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cirrhilabrus exquisitus FIN029527 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cirrhilabrus exquisitus FIN029527B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Cirrhilabrus exquistius Smith, 1957)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Cirrhilabrus exquisitus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Cirrhilabrus exquistius Smith, 1957)
To FishBase images (Cirrhilabrus exquisitus, Maldives, by Tanaka, H.)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 51 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cirrhilabrus exquisitus FIN029527 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cirrhilabrus exquisitus FIN029527B Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS