Labridae

Red-fin fairy wrasse

Cirrhilabrus adornatus

Two bright red triangular body blotches

• Red
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Indian Ocean
• Southeast Asia
• Fusiform
• Compressed cross-section
• Small
• Tropical fish

Cirrhilabrus adornatus is a species of the labrid fish genus Cirrhilabrus and is also known as the red-fin fairy wrasse or Debelius fairy wrasse. They are found in the Eastern Indian Ocean which is known only from Indonesia (Sumatra and the Mentawai Islands) over a rubble bottom of 1212m. Male Cirrhilabrus adornatus have two large triangular bright red blotches on the body which are white to pale pink.