Today’s Awesome Fish Spotlight is a recap on a species that we’ve highlighted before, but aims to introduce new pictures of a brand new specimen that recently entered the market again.Cirrhilabrus brunneusis a rare species that is closely allied to theC. lunatuscomplex. We’ve been seeing many examples from this complex coming out of Philippines in the past month, such asC. lunatus,C. CF.Lanceolatusand even a杂交种of the two.C. brunneusis another member of this group but differs so much that it deserves another post just to bring it to attention.
我们以前ioned Tony Vargas’C. brunneus这里除了他之外，我们认识的唯一一个可靠拥有的人是田中博士。有关该物种的更多信息，快速查看上一篇文章会闪耀一些光线。就像菲律宾从菲律宾出来的长尾尾巴和lunatus扭曲一样C. brunneus来自RVS Fish World, a supplier with almost full exclusivity to this species. We recently managed to obtain one and are just beginning to fill the internet with brand new pictures of this highly elusive species.
Like,C. lunatus,C. brunneusalso possess a crescent tail and is found in close association with the former, as well as the pintail fairy wrasse. They prefer rubble slopes and are found at moderate depths of 40-50m. Unlike the other two however,C. brunneusappears to be rarer and are collected only in extremely few pieces. The coloration is also way too unique and it is unlike any other fairy wrasse we know. In it’s normal unexcited state,C. brunneusis a dusky greyish-black with varying degrees of yellow displayed on its underside and along its pectoral fin base. It has a red eye, which when coupled with the black body gives a rather ominous and malevolent look that is totally ironic for a fairy wrasse.
Wild photographs are exceedingly rare and hard to find, but the two pictures above ofC. brunneusin its natural habitat shows a perfect example of the varying intensity of black that the fish can display depending on its mood. LikeC. lunatus, it has a relatively high profiled dorsal and anal fin, which when fanned out for displaying, gives the fish a very rounded almost saucer shaped appearance. In display the fish turns jet black with iridescent highlights of aquamarine blue which outlines the tail and unpaired fins.
非常感谢新加坡的RVS鱼类世界和伊瓦纳·阿奎夫（Iwarna Aquafarm）的鱼类，并享受着这一壮观物种上方的迷你画廊。
