Species that contain: Cirrhilabrus and exquisitus [ 1 ] records

exquisitus, Cirrhilabrus Smith [J. L. B.] 1957:109, Fig. 4; Pl. 2 (fig. E) [Ichthyological Bulletin, Department of Ichthyology, Rhodes University No. 7; ref. 4113] Pinda, Mozambique, 14°10'S, 40°41'E, western Indian Ocean. Holotype: SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 279. Paratypes: (19) not researched. •Valid as Cirrhilabrus exquisitus Smith 1957 -- (Yamakawa in Masuda et al. 1984:211 [ref. 6441] as exquistius, Randall 1986:691 [ref. 5706], Randall 1988:203 [ref. 14253], Winterbottom et al. 1989:52 [ref. 13251], Randall et al. 1990:309 [ref. 15987], Randall 1992:107 [ref. 20249], Randall 1995:21 [ref. 21854], Allen 1995:17 [ref. 21855], Allen & Randall 1996:102 [ref. 22684], Allen 1997:182 [ref. 23977], Kuiter 1997:308 [ref. 25488], Randall et al. 1997:309 [ref. 25919], Randall & Kunzmann 1998:44 [ref. 23412], Myers 1999:191 [ref. 23965], Allen & Kuiter 1999:136 [ref. 24289], Allen 2000:91 [ref. 37268], Parenti & Randall 2000:11 [ref. 24943], Westneat in Randall & Lim 2000:628 [ref. 25122], Nakabo 2000:1002 [ref. 25182], Allen 2000:46 [ref. 25747], Hutchins 2001:268 [ref. 25841], Hutchins 2001:39 [ref. 25847], Westneat 2001:3424 [ref. 26277], Nakabo 2002:1002 [ref. 26193], Allen & Adrim 2003:48 [ref. 26830], Allen et al. 2003:113 [ref. 27245], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S114 [ref. 27377], Randall et al. 2004:21 [ref. 27624], Heemstra & Heemstra 2004:342 [ref. 28072], Randall 2005:401 [ref. 28239], Allen et al. 2006:1382 [ref. 29095], Allen et al. 2008:131 [ref. 29752], Motomura et al. 2010:162 [ref. 31256], Kuiter 2010:151 [ref. 35285] and as "cf. exquisitus 1, 2, 3, 4, 5", Walsh & Tanaka 2012:2 [ref. 31758], Allen & Erdmann 2012:653 [ref. 31980], Fricke et al. 2013:266 [ref. 32706], Walsh 2014:123 [ref. 33450], Fricke et al. 2014:129 [ref. 33932], Allen et al. 2015:3 [ref. 33787], Fricke et al. 2018:280 [ref. 35805], Fricke et al. 2019:226 [ref. 36673], Zajonz et al. 2019:88 [ref. 36871], Tea et al. 2021:[4] [ref. 38271], Randall & Victor 2022:189 [ref. 39916], Allen & Erdmann 2024:711 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Cirrhilabrus exquisitus Smith 1957. Labridae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: East Africa, Socotra (Yemen), Seychelles, Comoros and Madagascar east to Line Islands (Kiribati) and Tuamotu Islands (French Polynesia), north to Ryukyu Islands (Japan), south to northern Australia. Habitat: brackish, marine.