Cirrhilabrus laboutei Randall & Lubbock, 1982

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Laboute's wrasse (Cirrhilabrus laboutei) is a species of wrasse native to the coral reefs of New Caledonia and Australia, where it occurs at depths of 7 to 55 m (23 to 180 ft). This species can reach a total length of 12 cm (4.7 in). It can be found in the aquarium trade. The specific name of this fish honours Pierre Laboute who first photographed this species off New Caledonia and gave J.E. Randall advice on where to collect specimens.

Wikipedia contributors, Laboute's wrasse; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:21:08.583749+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name

Cirrhilabrus laboutei Randall & Lubbock, 1982

Name authority

Randall & Lubbock, 1982

Rank

species

Accepted status

accepted

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Teleostei

Family

Labridae

Genus

Cirrhilabrus

Extinction status

Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
2. kingdomAnimalia
3. phylumChordata
4. subphylumVertebrata
5. infraphylumGnathostomata
6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
7. gigaclassActinopterygii
8. superclassActinopteri
9. classTeleostei
10. familyLabridae Cuvier, 1816
11. subfamilyCirrhilabrinae Randall, 1999
12. genusCirrhilabrus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
13. speciesCirrhilabrus laboutei Randall & Lubbock, 1982

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Cirrhilabrus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

1. Randall, J. E., & Lubbock, R. (1982). Three new labrid fishes of the new genus Cirrhilabrus from the southwestern Pacific. Occasional Papers of Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, 25 (2): 1–12. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:VGPW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.