Pseudocoris

Pseudocoris is a genus of wrasses native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Pseudocoris
Pseudocoris aurantiofasciata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Pseudocoris
Bleeker, 1862
Type species
Julis (Halichoeres) heteropterus
Bleeker, 1857[1]

Species

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:[2]

  • Pseudocoris aequalis J. E. Randall & F. M. Walsh, 2008
  • Pseudocoris aurantiofasciata Fourmanoir, 1971 (Rust-banded wrasse)
  • Pseudocoris bleekeri (Hubrecht, 1876) (Philippines wrasse)
  • Pseudocoris hemichrysos J. E. Randall, Connell & Victor, 2015 [3]
  • Pseudocoris heteroptera (Bleeker, 1857) (Torpedo wrasse)
  • Pseudocoris occidentalis J. E. Randall, Connell & Victor, 2015 [3]
  • Pseudocoris ocellata J. P. Chen & K. T. Shao, 1995
  • Pseudocoris petila G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012
  • Pseudocoris yamashiroi (P. Y. Schmidt, 1931) (Redspot wrasse)

References

  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Pseudocoris". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Pseudocoris in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  3. Randall, J.E., Connell, A.D. & Victor, B.C. (2015). "Review of the labrid fishes of the Indo-Pacific Genus Pseudocoris, with a description of two new species" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 16: 1–55.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)


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