Stethojulis

Stethojulis
Female Blue-lined wrasses (Stethojulis albovittata)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Stethojulis
Günther, 1861
Type species
Julis strigiventer
E. T. Bennett, 1833
Synonyms
  • Hinalea D. S. Jordan & E. K. Jordan, 1922
  • Rhytejulis Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928

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

Species

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

A male blue-lined wrasse Stethojulis albovittata.
  • Stethojulis balteata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (belted wrasse)
  • Stethojulis bandanensis (Bleeker, 1851) (red-shoulder wrasse)
  • Stethojulis interrupta (Bleeker, 1851) (cutribbon wrasse)
  • Stethojulis maculata P. J. Schmidt, 1931
  • Stethojulis marquesensis J. E. Randall, 2000
  • Stethojulis notialis J. E. Randall, 2000
  • Stethojulis strigiventer (E. T. Bennett, 1833) (three-ribbon wrasse)
A three-ribbon wrasse Stethojulis strigiventer.

References

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


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