Biology:Suezichthys

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Suezichthys
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Slender Wrasse (S. gracilis)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Suezichthys
J. L. B. Smith, 1958
Type species
Labrichthys caudavittatus
Steindachner, 1898[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Suezia J. L. B. Smith, 1957 (preoccupied in Calanoida, Crustacea (Suezia R. Gurney, 1927 - jr. synonym of Ridgewayia I. Thompson & A. Scott, 1903))[3]
  • Nelabrichthys B. C. Russell, 1983

Suezichthys is a genus of wrasses native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.[4]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[4]

  • Suezichthys arquatus B. C. Russell, 1985 (rainbow slender wrasse)
  • Suezichthys aylingi B. C. Russell, 1985 (crimson cleaner fish)
  • Suezichthys bifurcatus B. C. Russell, 1986 (striped trawl wrasse)
  • Suezichthys caudavittatus (Steindachner, 1898) (spottail wrasse)
  • Suezichthys cyanolaemus B. C. Russell, 1985 (bluethroat rainbow wrasse)
  • Suezichthys devisi (Whitley, 1941) (gracilis wrasse)
  • Suezichthys gracilis (Steindachner & Döderlein (de), 1887) (slender wrasse)
  • Suezichthys notatus (Kamohara, 1958) (northern rainbow wrasse)
  • Suezichthys ornatus (Carmichael, 1819)
  • Suezichthys rosenblatti B. C. Russell & Westneat, 2013 (spotted rainbow wrasse)
  • Suezichthys russelli J. E. Randall, 1981 (Russell's wrasse)
  • Suezichthys soelae B. C. Russell, 1985 (Soela wrasse)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2410747 entry