Blackstriped Wrasse
Cirrhilabrus katherinae
- Usual depth11–24 m
- Water temperature28–29 °C
- Best monthsApril and May
- How commonOccasional
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 16 records
- March: 104 records
- April: 402 records
- May: 419 records
- June: 177 records
- July: 27 records
- August: 19 records
- September: 120 records
- October: 120 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 11–24 m · Deepest record: 33.3 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Blackstriped Wrasse, Katherine’s Fairy Wrasse, Katherine's Wrasse
Names in 1 more languages
- Japanese
- Goshikiitohikibera, ゴシキイトヒキベラ
Similar species
Blue-scaled Fairy WrasseCirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Exquisite wrasseCirrhilabrus exquisitus
Black-finned WrasseCirrhilabrus punctatus
Scott's Fairy-wrasseCirrhilabrus scottorum
Peacock WrasseCirrhilabrus temminckii
Adorned fairy-warsseCirrhilabrus adornatus
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 1,375 open-data records from 1956 to 2018.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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