Cirrhilabrus apterygia is the new name for a fish that’s been known to science for many years, but is so bizarre that one of its common names is the mutant wrasse. First described as Conniella apterygia in 1983 this particular wrasse from the Rowley Shoals of northwestern Australia is nearly identical to Earle’s fairy wrasse from … Continue reading Cirrhilabrus apterygia, the Mutant Comes Home to the Fairy Wrasses