Notolabrus
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Notolabrus is a genus
of wrasse
s in the family
Labridae.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of wrasse
Wrasse
The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 82 genera, which are divided into nine subgroups or tribes....
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Labridae.
Species
- SpottySpottySpotty may refer to:* Sharptooth houndshark, a fish Triakis megalopterus* Australian spotted mackerel, a fish Scomberomorus munroi* New Zealand spotty, a fish Notolabrus celidotus* Superted's sidekick...
, Notolabrus celidotus (BlochMarcus Elieser BlochMarcus Elieser Bloch was a German medical doctor and naturalist. He is generally considered one of the most important ichthyologists of the 18th century.- Life :...
& SchneiderJohann Gottlob SchneiderJohann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider was a German classicist and naturalist.-Biography:Schneider was born at Collm in Saxony...
, 1801) - Girdled wrasseGirdled wrasseThe girdled wrasse, Notolabrus cinctus, is a wrasse of the genus Notolabrus, found around the South Island of New Zealand including the Chatham Islands and Snares Islands.-References:...
, Notolabrus cinctus (Hutton, 1877) - Yellow-saddled wrasse or New Zealand banded wrasseNew Zealand banded wrasseThe New Zealand banded wrasse or yellow-saddled wrasse, Notolabrus fucicola, is a wrasse of the genus Notolabrus, found in the Eastern Indian Ocean, off eastern Australia and all around New Zealand on rocky weedy reef areas. Its length is between 30 and 60 cm and large specimens, which might be...
, Notolabrus fucicola (RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
, 1840) - Crimson-banded Wrasse or Notolabrus gymnogenis (Günther, 1862)
- Green wrasseGreen wrasseThe green wrasse, Notolabrus inscriptus, is a wrasse of the genus Notolabrus. It is found in eastern Australia including Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island, the Kermadec Islands, and the north east coast of the North Island in New Zealand, in reef areas at depths of between 5 and 20 m...
, Notolabrus inscriptus (RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
, 1848) - Notolabrus parilus (RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
, 1850) - Blue-throated wrasse, Notolabrus tetricus (RichardsonJohn Richardson (naturalist)Sir John Richardson was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and arctic explorer.Richardson was born at Dumfries. He studied medicine at Edinburgh University, and became a surgeon in the navy in 1807. He traveled with John Franklin in search of the Northwest Passage on the Coppermine Expedition of...
, 1840)