Leptojulis

Leptojulis is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[3]

Leptojulis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Leptojulis
Bleeker, 1862
Type species
Julis (Halichoeres) cyanopleura
Bleeker, 1853[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Neojulis J. E. Randall, 1996

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]

  • Leptojulis chrysotaenia J. E. Randall & Ferraris, 1981 (ochreband wrasse)
  • Leptojulis cyanopleura (Bleeker, 1853) (shoulderspot wrasse)
  • Leptojulis lambdastigma J. E. Randall & Ferraris, 1981
  • Leptojulis polylepis J. E. Randall, 1996 (smallscale wrasse)
  • Leptojulis urostigma J. E. Randall, 1996 (tailmark wrasse)

References
  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Leptojulis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  2. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Labridae genera". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Leptojulis in FishBase. August 2013 version.


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