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 & L. A. 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]

Species Comparison

In comparison with other species in the genus, mitochondrial sequence data suggests that Cirrhilabrus wakanda is highly related to C.rubrisquamis differing by 0.6% in mitochondrial COI, C.blatteus with 1.9% difference in COI, and C.sanguineus with 1.5% difference in COI. These minimal differences in sequence data within the closely related family species is not rare in Cirrhilabrus.

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; 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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