Pseudocheilinus

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

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

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

  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Pseudocheilinus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Pseudocheilinus in FishBase. August 2013 version.
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