Pseudojuloides
Encyclopedia
Pseudojuloides is a genus
of wrasse
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....
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
- Genus Pseudojuloides
- Pseudojuloides argyreogaster (Günther, 1867)
- Polynesian wrasse, Pseudojuloides atavai Randall & Randall, 1981
- Smalltail wrasse, Pseudojuloides cerasinus (Snyder, 1904)
- Long green wrasseLong green wrasseThe long green wrasse, Pseudojuloides elongatus, is a wrasse of the genus Pseudojuloides, found in Japan, New South Wales and Western Australia in Australia, and the Poor Knights Islands off the east coast of Northland in New Zealand, in weedy reef areas at depths of between 10 and 30 m...
, Pseudojuloides elongatus Ayling & Russell, 1977 - Redeye wrasse, Pseudojuloides erythrops Randall & Randall, 1981
- Cape wrasse, Pseudojuloides inornatus (Gilbert, 1890)
- Pseudojuloides kaleidos KuiterRudie KuiterRudie Kuiter is an Australian underwater photographer, taxonomist, and marine biologist. He has described many new species of seahorse.He was born in the Netherlands.-Publications:* Photo Guide to Fishes of the Maldives by Rudie H. Kuiter...
& Randall, 1995 - Sidespot wrasse, Pseudojuloides mesostigma Randall & Randall, 1981
- Pseudojuloides pyrius Randall & Randall, 1981
- Pseudojuloides severnsi Bellwood & Randall, 2000
- Pseudojuloides xanthomos Randall & Randall, 1981