Suezichthys

Suezichthys is a genus of wrasses native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.[4]

Suezichthys
Slender Wrasse (S. gracilis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Suezichthys
J. L. B. Smith, 1958
Type species
Labrichthys caudavittatus
Steindachner, 1898[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Suezia J. L. B. Smith, 1957 (preoccupied in Calanoida, Crustacea (Suezia R. Gurney, 1927 - jr. synonym of Ridgewayia I. Thompson & A. Scott, 1903))[3]
  • Nelabrichthys B. C. Russell, 1983

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[4]

  • Suezichthys arquatus B. C. Russell, 1985 (rainbow slender wrasse)
  • Suezichthys aylingi B. C. Russell, 1985 (crimson cleaner fish)
  • Suezichthys bifurcatus B. C. Russell, 1986 (striped trawl wrasse)
  • Suezichthys caudavittatus (Steindachner, 1898) (spottail wrasse)
  • Suezichthys cyanolaemus B. C. Russell, 1985 (bluethroat rainbow wrasse)
  • Suezichthys devisi (Whitley, 1941) (gracilis wrasse)
  • Suezichthys gracilis (Steindachner & Döderlein (de), 1887) (slender wrasse)
  • Suezichthys notatus (Kamohara, 1958) (northern rainbow wrasse)
  • Suezichthys ornatus (Carmichael, 1819)
  • Suezichthys rosenblatti B. C. Russell & Westneat, 2013 (spotted rainbow wrasse)
  • Suezichthys russelli J. E. Randall, 1981 (Russell's wrasse)
  • Suezichthys soelae B. C. Russell, 1985 (Soela wrasse)

References
  1. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Suezichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Labridae genera". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  3. Suezia, World of Copepods
  4. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Suezichthys in FishBase. October 2013 version.


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