Pink-margin Wrasse
Cirrhilabrus rubrimarginatus
- Usual depth30–53 m
- Water temperature25–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch, May, and October
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 2 records
- February: 8 records
- March: 12 records
- April: 8 records
- May: 19 records
- June: 6 records
- July: 3 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 7 records
- October: 13 records
- November: 8 records
- December: 10 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 30–53 m · Deepest record: 64 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 25–29 °C
Photos
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) 呂一起(Lyu yi-chi), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Pink-margin Wrasse, Red-margined Fairy Wrasse, Red-margined Wrasse, Red Margin Fairy Wrasse
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- Benihireitohikibera, ベニヒレイトヒキベラ
- Simplified Chinese
- 柳冷仔, 紅娘仔, 紅緣絲隆頭魚, 紅緣絲鰭鸚鯛
Similar species
Blue-scaled Fairy WrasseCirrhilabrus cyanopleura
Exquisite wrasseCirrhilabrus exquisitus
Black-finned WrasseCirrhilabrus punctatus
Scott's Fairy-wrasseCirrhilabrus scottorum
Peacock WrasseCirrhilabrus temminckii
Latigo Fairy WrasseCirrhilabrus briangreenei
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).
- 110 open-data records from 1973 to 2016.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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