Cheilinus abudjubbe

Cheilinus abudjubbe, the Abudjubbe wrasse, is a species of ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses.[1] It is found in the western Indian Ocean and the Red Sea.[2] This species was formally described by Eduard Rüppell in 1835, no type locality was given but it is though to have been Jeddah. This taxon is regarded as a synonym of the tripletail wrasse (Cheilinus trilobatus) by some authorities.[3]

Cheilinus abudjubbe
Red Sea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Cheilinus
Species:
C. abudjubbe
Binomial name
Cheilinus abudjubbe
Rüppell, 1835

References

  1. "Species Cheilinus abudjubbe Rüppell". FishWisePro. 1835. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Cheilinus abudjubbe" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Cheilinus abudjubbe". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
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