Red-eye Wrasse
Cirrhilabrus solorensis
- Usual depth6–17 m
- Water temperature28–29 °C
- Best monthsJune
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
The red-eye wrasse is a species of wrasse native to Indonesia and Australia, where found near the Lesser Sundas, Maluka and Darwin. It inhabits coral reefs on coastal and outer reef lagoons at depths of 5 to 35 m.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Red-eye 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: 1 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 6 records
- April: 13 records
- May: 17 records
- June: 100 records
- July: 10 records
- August: 9 records
- September: 14 records
- October: 21 records
- November: 9 records
- December: 8 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 6–17 m · Deepest record: 38 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–29 °C
Photos
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
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(c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) desertnaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist 
(c) Jim Moore (Maryland), some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Red-eye Wrasse, Solor Fairy Wrasse, Solor Wrasse
Names in 1 more languages
- French
- Labre nain de Banda
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).
- 138 open-data records from 1978 to 2013.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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