This time I show a new species, 43th member of Cirrhilabrus.
It was named by Dr. Gerald R. Allen, 2006 (just described !). This species is a small, reaching just over 7cm TL, and has a dark body with some red and yellow areas in males. It is apparently closely related to C. lunatus from southern Japan (Ogasawara, southern Honshu & Okinawa), and also Taiwan, Bali and Sulawesi, and one record from New Caledonia).
It is similar also to C. johnsoni (well described in other threads in the web) from the Marshalls and Palau. These three species have a very similar deeply lunate caudal fin, but their fin colorations are greatly differing. C. lunatus and C. brunneus have a blackish fins but C. brunneus has a yellow abdomen.
This species was found in north-eastern Kalimantan, Indonesia (Allen, 2006) but aquarium specimens were collected in Sulawesi, and also an adult was photographed underwater in Liloan, Cebu.
The female is reddish orange on body but is somewhat dark, and has several rows of white spots on side.
It was named by Dr. Gerald R. Allen, 2006 (just described !). This species is a small, reaching just over 7cm TL, and has a dark body with some red and yellow areas in males. It is apparently closely related to C. lunatus from southern Japan (Ogasawara, southern Honshu & Okinawa), and also Taiwan, Bali and Sulawesi, and one record from New Caledonia).
It is similar also to C. johnsoni (well described in other threads in the web) from the Marshalls and Palau. These three species have a very similar deeply lunate caudal fin, but their fin colorations are greatly differing. C. lunatus and C. brunneus have a blackish fins but C. brunneus has a yellow abdomen.
This species was found in north-eastern Kalimantan, Indonesia (Allen, 2006) but aquarium specimens were collected in Sulawesi, and also an adult was photographed underwater in Liloan, Cebu.
The female is reddish orange on body but is somewhat dark, and has several rows of white spots on side.
