Cymolutes

Cymolutes
Cymolutes praetextatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Cymolutes
Günther, 1861
Type species
Julis praetextata
Quoy & Gaimard, 1834

Cymolutes is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[1]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[1]

  • Cymolutes lecluse (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (sharp-headed wrasse)
  • Cymolutes praetextatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (knife razorfish)
  • Cymolutes torquatus (Valenciennes, 1840) (finescale razorfish)

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Cymolutes in FishBase. August 2013 version.


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