Deepwater Fairy Wrasse

Cirrhilabrus bathyphilus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth7–217 m
Water temperature25–28 °C
Best monthsApril, July, and September
How commonRare

Photo credit: (c) Fenton Walsh, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

The deepwater wrasse is a species of wrasse native to the Pacific Ocean. It inhabits coral reefs and it can be found at depths from 60 to 217 m. This species can reach a standard length of 7.6 cm (3.0 in). It can be found in the aquarium trade.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Deepwater wrasse”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 0 records
February: 0 records
March: 1 records
April: 3 records
May: 0 records
June: 1 records
July: 3 records
August: 1 records
September: 2 records
October: 1 records
November: 0 records
December: 0 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 7–217 m · Deepest record: 217 m

0–10 m: 1 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 2 records
70–80 m: 1 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 25–28 °C

24–26 °C: 4 records
26–28 °C: 5 records
28–30 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

English: Deepwater Fairy Wrasse, Deepwater Wrasse

Similar species

Blue-scaled Fairy Wrasse
Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Exquisite wrasse
Cirrhilabrus exquisitus
Black-finned Wrasse
Cirrhilabrus punctatus
Scott's Fairy-wrasse
Cirrhilabrus scottorum
Peacock Wrasse
Cirrhilabrus temminckii
Blackstriped Wrasse
Cirrhilabrus katherinae

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
14 open-data records from 1984 to 2006.
Species data updated November 1, 2026.

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