Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis, ROM 35932, 40.6 mm SL, juvenile holotype, Isla Fouquet, Peros Banhos Atoll, Chagos Archipelago. Photograph by AR Emery and R Winterbottom.

Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa, sp. nov., not to scale A male holotype, BPBM 33094, 69.2 mm SL, Vilingili Island, North Malé Atoll, Maldives B1, B2 male paratype, AMS I.50058-001, 69.1 mm SL, Hulhumalé Island, North Malé Atoll, Maldives, in life and in preservation respectively C young male paratype, BPBM 41385 (formerly BPBM 33094), 57.6 mm SL, same data as holotype D1, D2 young male paratype, AMS I.50058-001, 59.7 mm SL, Hulhumalé Island, North Malé Atoll, Maldives, in life and in preservation respectively E juvenile paratype, BPBM 41385 (formerly BPBM 33094), 35.8 mm SL, same data as holotype F1, F2 female paratype, AMS I.50058-001, 54.0 mm SL, Hulhumalé Island, North Malé Atoll, Maldives, in life and in preservation respectively G male paratype in life, ZRC 62259, 76.7 mm SL, aquarium specimen from Maldives H male in nuptial colors, aquarium specimen from Maldives, specimen not retained. Photographs by the late JE Randall (A, C, E), AN (B1–B2, D1–D2, F1–F2), and YKT (G, H).

Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa sp. nov., male paratype, ZRC 62259, 76.7 mm SL, (A) freshly euthanized (B) and in preservation. Note (C) purple scale markings forming a crosshatched pattern and (D) purple fin rays in preservation. Photographs by YKT.

Cirrhilabrus finifenmaa sp. nov., underwater photograph from Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives, 60 m. Photograph by LAR.

Underwater photographs of Cirrhilabrus from the Western Indian Ocean A harem of putative Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis. Male depicted in circular inset, females by white arrowheads B putative female C. rubrisquamis C putative terminal male C. rubrisquamis; Photographs taken from video footage provided by K Howell, N Foster, and C Diaz from the University of Plymouth Research Expedition to Egmont Atoll and Sandes Seamount in the Chagos Archipelago, 60–70 m D female C. wakanda, underwater photograph from Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa, 75 m E male C. wakanda, underwater photograph from Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa, 75 m F terminal male C. wakanda, underwater photograph from Moyette, off the coast of Mozambique, 100 m. Note fuchsia dorsal fin in all individuals and pale yellowish saddle in males. Photographs by LR (D, E) and P Plantard (F).