The Species Black List
Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis
rosy-scaled fairy-wrasse
The rosy-scaled fairy-wrasse (Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis) is known only from the waters around Sri Lanka, the Maldives and the Chagos Archipelago, where it is threatened by degradation of their its coral reef habitat and collection for the international aquarium trade.
- Status
- Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List
- Restriction tier
- 2, restricted, extent unclear
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Realm
- Oceanic
- Locality
- Maldives and the Chagos Archipelago
- As IUCN records it
- Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis Randall & Emery, 1983