Cirrhilabrus sp。，通常称为Nahacky’s fairy wrasse, has been officially described by Dr. Hiroyuki Tanaka and Fenton Walsch in the latest issue from the International Journal of ichthyology asCirrhilabrus nahackyi. For a while now the “used-to-be-undesrcibed” fairy wrasse has been entering the trade in small numbers, and was known amongst the reefing community as either the aforementioned nahacky’s wrasse, or the tongan flame wrasse. The wrasse was named after Tony Nahacky, who first caught this specimen in Fiji a few years back.
The nahacky’s fairy wrasse bears close similarities toCirrhilabrus bathyphilus，这本身就是一些变体。在第一篇文章的标题中，三种共同形式的C. bathyphilusis shown. The most common form of course being the one from Efate Island of Vanuatu, where the distinct read head separated from the yellow body gives it the very apt common name, the “Hooded Fairy Wrasse”.
There exists also another variant from Tanna Island, which possesses a horizontal red stripe along the body. Coral Sea Hooded Fairy Wrasses differ from the rest by the absence of a visible “hood”.C. nahackyi与珊瑚海变体非常相似C. bathyphilus.Apart from the obvious color difference betweenC. bathyphilus和C. nahackyi, the latter also possess an elongated first and second dorsal spine in terminal male specimens.C. nahackyiis found in both the Fijian regions and Tonga.
Cirrhilabrus nahackyi近年来，在交易中提供了少量的交易，这是业余爱好者在科学界正式将这个名字正式放下墨水之前享受全新未描述的物种的少数例子之一。
A big thanks once again to Dr. Hiroyuki Tanaka for sharing with us many pictures and information regarding this species as well asCirrhilabrus bathyphilus和a great job with the description, adding another official species to the ever growing list ofCirrhilabrus扭曲。现在要在另一个尚未描述的工作中工作！我们总是很高兴看到这些鱼会得到什么新名字！
