Biology:Notolabrus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Notolabrus
Notolabrus gymnogenis (male).jpg
Crimsonband wrasse (N. gymnogenis), male
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Notolabrus
B. C. Russell, 1988
Type species
Labrus fucicola
J. Richardson, 1840[1]

Notolabrus is a genus of wrasses native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the southwestern Pacific Ocean from Australia to New Zealand.[2]

Species

The seven currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]

  • Notolabrus celidotus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (spotty)
  • Notolabrus cinctus (F. W. Hutton, 1877) (girdled wrasse)
  • Notolabrus fucicola (J. Richardson, 1840) (banded parrotfish or yellow-saddled wrasse)
  • Notolabrus gymnogenis (Günther, 1862) (crimsonband wrasse)
  • Notolabrus inscriptus (J. Richardson, 1848) (inscribed wrasse)
  • Notolabrus parilus (J. Richardson, 1850) (brown-spotted wrasse)
  • Notolabrus tetricus (J. Richardson, 1840) (blue-throated wrasse)

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Notolabrus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=10052. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Notolabrus in FishBase. August 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q134961 entry