Biology:Macropharyngodon
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Short description: Genus of fishes
Macropharyngodon | |
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Macropharyngodon geoffroy | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Labriformes |
Family: | Labridae |
Genus: | Macropharyngodon Bleeker, 1862 |
Type species | |
Julis geoffroy Quoy & Gaimard, 1824[1]
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Macropharyngodon is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Species
The 12 currently recognized species in this genus are:
- Macropharyngodon bipartitus J. L. B. Smith, 1957 (Rare wrasse)
- Macropharyngodon choati J. E. Randall, 1978 (Choat's wrasse)
- Macropharyngodon cyanoguttatus J. E. Randall, 1978, 1978
- Macropharyngodon geoffroy Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (Geoffroy's wrasse) [2]
- Macropharyngodon kuiteri J. E. Randall, 1978 (Black leopard wrasse)
- Macropharyngodon marisrubri J. E. Randall, 1978
- Macropharyngodon meleagris Valenciennes, 1839 (Blackspotted wrasse) [3]
- Macropharyngodon moyeri Shepard & K. A. Meyer, 1978
- Macropharyngodon negrosensis Herre, 1932 (Yellow-spotted wrasse)
- Macropharyngodon ornatus J. E. Randall, 1978 (False leopard)
- Macropharyngodon pakoko Delrieu-Trottin, J. T. Williams & Planes, 2014 (Pakoko wrasse) [2]
- Macropharyngodon vivienae J. E. Randall, 1978 (Madagascar wrasse)
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Macropharyngodon". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=2883.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Delrieu-Trottin, E., Williams, J.T. & Planes, S. (2014): Macropharyngodon pakoko, a new species of wrasse (Teleostei: Labridae) endemic to the Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. Zootaxa, 3857 (3): 433–443.
- ↑ Bos, A.R. (2016). "Soft corals provide microhabitat for camouflaged juveniles of the Blackspotted wrasse Macropharyngodon meleagris (Labridae)". Marine Biodiversity 46 (1): 299–301. doi:10.1007/s12526-015-0332-x. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272417078.
Wikidata ☰ Q140979 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macropharyngodon.
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