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Common names: Beau's wrasse
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Type locality, Kwato Island, Milne Bay Province, 6-10 m, WAM P.32933-001 (holotype of Cirrhilabrus beauperryi, 8.51 cm SL, male). Also reported from field observations in Bismarck Archipelago (New Britain, New Ireland, and Manus), Madang (Ref. 78106).
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Main Ref: Allen, G.R., J. Drew and P. Barber, 2008
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses) > Cheilininae
Etymology: Cirrhilabrus: Latin, cirrus = curl fringe + Greek, labros = furious (Ref. 45335); beauperryi: Named for Beau Perry, son of Claire and Noel Perry, supporters of Conservation International..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 5 - 32 m (Ref. 90102), usually 6 - 12 m (Ref. 78106). Tropical

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Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea and the Solomons.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 8.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 78106)

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Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9. This species has the following characters: D XI, 9; A III, 9; pectoral rays 15; lateral-line scales 14-17 + 6-9; median predorsal scales 6; cheek below eye with horizontal scale rows of 2; gill rakers 17-20; body depth 3.0-3.1 in SL; head length 3.1-3.3 in SL; snout length 3.6-4.0 in head; adult male with median head profile slightly concave at interorbital; rounded caudal fin; males with elongate and filamentous pelvic fins, reaching level of posterior half of anal fin; live colour pattern of terminal phase (male) includes a general purplish body, grading to blue ventrally and greenish or yellowish brown dorsally, with a broad purple stripe along the basal half of the otherwise pale yellow dorsal fin, and a thin purple bar across the violet-coloured pectoral-fin base; color in initial phase mainly dull purplish red with a small blackish spot on dorsal portion of caudal peduncle (Ref. 78106).

Found solitary or in groups in rubble areas near lagoons and seaward slopes (Ref. 90102).

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Distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

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Allen, G.R., J. Drew and P. Barber, 2008. Cirrhilabrus beauperryi, a new wrasse (Pisces: Labridae) from Melanesia. aqua, Int. J. Ichthyol. 14(3):129-140. (Ref. 78106)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 25 March 2009

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 27.4 - 29.3, mean 28.8 (based on 551 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01585 (0.00707 - 0.03555), b=2.95 (2.76 - 3.14), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Cirrhilabrus beauperryi Allen, Drew & Barber, 2008