Pictilabrus
Pictilabrus laticlavius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Pictilabrus
T. N. Gill, 1891
Type species
Labrus laticlavius
J. Richardson, 1840[1]

Pictilabrus is a genus of wrasses endemic to the eastern Indian Ocean waters of Australia first discovered in 1940.[2][3]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]

  • Pictilabrus brauni Hutchins & S. M. Morrison, 1996 (Braun's wrasse)
  • Pictilabrus laticlavius (J. Richardson, 1840) (patrician wrasse)
  • Pictilabrus viridis B. C. Russell, 1988 (false senator wrasse)

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pictilabrus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Pictilabrus laticlavius (Richardson, 1840)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Pictilabrus in FishBase. August 2013 version.


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