Cirrhilabrus wakanda

Cirrhilabrus wakanda, the Vibranium fairy wrasse,[1][2] is a species of fairy wrasse from the Western Indian Ocean. The species shares a combination of characters including short pelvic fins, and unmarked anal and dorsal fins.[3] It was first collected off the coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania at depths of more than 60 meters by scientists from the California Academy of Sciences.[4] It inhabits coral reefs.

Cirrhilabrus wakanda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Cirrhilabrus
Species:
C. wakanda
Binomial name
Cirrhilabrus wakanda
Tea, Pinheiro, Shepherd & Rocha, 2019

Etymology

The species is named after the fictional sovereign state, Wakanda from Marvel Comics[5] and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Description

The fish is six centimeters long.[6] The body is moderately elongated and compressed. Males have yellow heads, with purple and blue bodies. Females and juveniles are very similar. Both sexes have a pair of prominent facial stripes above and below the orbit; and both sexes have notable purple scales and elements that persist and stain purple.[3] A purple chain-link scale pattern is present, resembling the suit worn by the fictional superhero, Black Panther.[7]

References
  1. Weiss, Josh (2019-07-12). "New species of 'vibranium' wrasse fish named for Marvel's Black Panther". SYFY WIRE. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Cirrhilabrus wakanda" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  3. Tea, Yi-Kai; Pinheiro, Hudson T.; Shepherd, Bart; Rocha, Luiz A. (2019-07-11). "Cirrhilabrus wakanda, a new species of fairy wrasse from mesophotic ecosystems of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa (Teleostei, Labridae)". ZooKeys (863): 85–96. doi:10.3897/zookeys.863.35580. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6639353. PMID 31341393.
  4. SCIMEX (11 July 2019). "A fish called Wakanda". Scimex. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  5. "A fish called Wakanda a new species of fairy wrasse". The University of Sydney. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  6. "Rare colourful 'vibranium' fish found off coast of Tanzania named Wakanda". Face2Face Africa. 2019-07-13. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  7. Rocha, Luiz A.; Shepherd, Bart; Pinheiro, Hudson T.; Tea, Yi-Kai (2019-11-07). "Cirrhilabrus wakanda, a new species of fairy wrasse from mesophotic ecosystems of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa (Teleostei, Labridae)". ZooKeys (863): 85–96. doi:10.3897/zookeys.863.35580. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 6639353. PMID 31341393.
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