Biology:Stethojulis strigiventer

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Short description: Species of fish

Stethojulis strigiventer
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male Stethojulis strigiventer
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female Stethojulis strigiventer
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Stethojulis
Species:
S. strigiventer
Binomial name
Stethojulis strigiventer
(Bennett, 1833)
Synonyms[2]
  • Julis strigiventer Bennett, 1833
  • Julis renardi Bleeker, 1851
  • Stethojulis renardi (Bleeker, 1851)
  • Stethojulis psacas Jordan & Snyder, 1902

Stethojulis strigiventer, also known as the three-ribbon wrasse, silverstreak wrasse, silverbelly wrasse, lined rainbowfish or silver-streaked rainbowfish,[3] is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae.[2] This species occurs in beds of seagrass and areas of inner reefs and shallow lagoons where there is a substrate consisting of mixed sand, rubble, and algae. It is found in small groups which swim over large areas down as deep as 20 metres (66 ft).[1] The range of this species extends from the Red Sea southwards along the eastern coast of Africa to Algoa Bay in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and eastwards to the Marshall and Tuamotu islands, it also extends north to Honshu and south to New South Wales.[2] This species was first formally described as Julis strigiventer in 1833 by the English zoologist Edward Turner Bennett (1797-1836) with the type locality given as Mauritius.[4] When Albert Günther created the genus Stethojulis he designated Julis strigiventer as the type species.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3393851 entry