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New wrasse species named

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Anna DeLoach writes that a new wrasse species Cirrhilabrus humanni has been described in the new reference work by Drs. Gerry Allen and Mark Erdmann and including in their new reference book, Reef Fishes of the East Indies. The fish is named after the underwater photographer, Paul Humann. Anna describes how she and Ned DeLoach found the new species whilst diving on a dive site near Alor, Indonesia, in a post on her blog.