A selection of Cirrhilabrus species in preservation showing the purple staining qualities. Not to scale A Cirrhilabrus wakanda sp. nov., 70.3 mm SL, male holotype, CAS 246395 B Cirrhilabrus blatteus, 65.1 mm SL, male, CAS 235080 C Cirrhilabrus earlei, 56.5 mm SL, male paratype, CAS 213114. Photographs by L.A. Rocha (A) and B.W. Frable (B, C).

 
 
  Part of: Tea Y-K, Pinheiro HT, Shepherd B, Rocha LA (2019) Cirrhilabrus wakanda, a new species of fairy wrasse from mesophotic ecosystems of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa (Teleostei, Labridae). ZooKeys 863: 85-96. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.863.35580