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Beau's wrasse

species of fish

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 29, 2025
Entity authorityQ2254328 ↗
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Beau's wrasse (Cirrhilabrus beauperryi) is a species of wrasse native to the western Pacific Ocean. This species can reach a standard length of 8.5 cm (3.3 in). It can be found at depths from 5 to 32 m (16 to 105 ft), most often between 6 and 12 m (20 and 39 ft). Its coloration varies, ranging from light blue to pink. It can be found in the aquarium trade.

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Datasets, specimens, observations and peer-reviewed methods provide the appropriate test for the technical claims summarized here. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 29, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2254328. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Beau's wrasse” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.