Cirrhilabrus ryukyuensis

Cirrhilabrus ryukyuensis is a wrasse from the western Pacific Ocean from Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines north to Japan. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 15 cm in length.^[1] Some authorities regard this taxon as a synonym of Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura,^[2] but Fishbase^[1] and the Catalog of Fishes treat it as a valid species.^[3] This species was called Cirrhilabrus lyukyuensis but this is treated as a misspelling.^[3]

Cirrhilabrus ryukyuensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Cirrhilabrus
Species:	C. ryukyuensis
Binomial name
Cirrhilabrus ryukyuensis Ishikawa, 1904