Biology:Pseudocheilinus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Pseudocheilinus
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Sixline Wrasse (P. hexataenia)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Pseudocheilinus
Bleeker, 1862
Type species
Cheilinus hexataenia
Bleeker, 1857[1]

Pseudocheilinus is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[2]

Species

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

  • Pseudocheilinus citrinus J. E. Randall, 1999
  • Pseudocheilinus dispilus J. E. Randall, 1999
  • Pseudocheilinus evanidus D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903 (striated wrasse)
  • Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Bleeker, 1857) (six-line wrasse)
  • Pseudocheilinus ocellatus J. E. Randall, 1999 (white-barred wrasse)
  • Pseudocheilinus octotaenia O. P. Jenkins, 1901 (eight-lined wrasse)
  • Pseudocheilinus tetrataenia L. P. Schultz, 1960 (four-lined wrasse)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2183273 entry