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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
Animalia	Chordata	Actinopterygii	Perciformes	Labridae

Scientific Name:	Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis
Species Authority:	Randall & Carpenter, 1980
Common Name(s): English – Yellow-fin fairy wrasse

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2010
Date Assessed:	2009-03-25
Assessor(s):	Cheung, W.W.L., Liu, M., Craig, M. & Rocha, L.
Reviewer(s):	Sadovy, Y. & Carpenter, K.E.
Justification: This species is found in Indonesia, Phillippines and Palau. There are no major threats to this species. It is listed as Least Concern.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found in the Philippines, Indonesia and Palau.
Countries occurrence:	Native: Australia; Indonesia; Malaysia; Palau; Philippines
FAO Marine Fishing Areas:	Native: Indian Ocean – eastern; Pacific – western central
Additional data:	♦ Lower depth limit (metres): 40 ♦ Upper depth limit (metres): 6
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Population [top]

Population:	There is no population information available for this species.
Current Population Trend:	Unknown
Additional data:	♦ Population severely fragmented: No

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species inhabits rubble areas and finely branching corals on protected coral and rubble slopes, with a depth range of 6-40 m (Myers 1999). It occurs in schools or in small groups.
Systems:	Marine

Use and Trade [top]

Use and Trade:

This species is occasionally collected for the aquarium trade, but there are no statistics on collection. It is sold in aquarium stores in the US for US $20-25.

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats known for this species, although it is occasionally collected for the aquarium trade.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:

There are no specific conservation measures in place for this species. Its distribution overlaps several marine protected areas within its range.