Biology:Wetmorella

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Wetmorella
Wetmorella nigropinnata1.jpg
Wetmorella nigropinnata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Wetmorella
Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928
Type species
Wetmorella philippina
Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928[1]

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

Species

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

  • Wetmorella albofasciata L. P. Schultz & N. B. Marshall, 1954 (white-banded sharpnose wrasse)
  • Wetmorella nigropinnata (Seale, 1901) (sharpnose wrasse)
  • Wetmorella tanakai J. E. Randall & Kuiter, 2007 (Tanaka's wrasse)

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Wetmorella". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=8052. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Wetmorella in FishBase. October 2013 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q2240681 entry