Laboute's Wrasse
Cirrhilabrus laboutei
- Usual depth7–25 m
- Water temperature22–28 °C
- Best monthsAugust and December
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Laboute's wrasse is a species of wrasse native to the coral reefs of New Caledonia and Australia, where it occurs at depths of 7 to 55 m. This species can reach a total length of 12 cm (4.7 in). It can be found in the aquarium trade. The specific name of this fish honours Pierre Laboute who first photographed this species off New Caledonia and gave J.E. Randall advice on where to collect specimens.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Laboute's 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: 4 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 1 records
- May: 2 records
- June: 4 records
- July: 2 records
- August: 7 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 4 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 7–25 m · Deepest record: 30 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–28 °C
Photos
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Laboute's Wrasse, Magenta-streaked Wrasse
Other scientific names: Cirrhilabrus labouti
Similar species
Blue-scaled Fairy WrasseCirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Exquisite wrasseCirrhilabrus exquisitus
Black-finned WrasseCirrhilabrus punctatus
Scott's Fairy-wrasseCirrhilabrus scottorum
Peacock WrasseCirrhilabrus 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).
- 90 open-data records from 1973 to 2022.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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