Suezichthys
Encyclopedia
Suezichthys 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
- Genus Suezichthys
- Rainbow slender wrasseRainbow slender wrasseThe rainbow slender wrasse, Suezichthys arquatus, is a wrasse of the genus Suezichthys, found in New Caledonia, New South Wales in Australia, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island, the Kermadec Islands, and the north east coast of New Zealand, in reef areas at depths of between 5 and 100 m...
, Suezichthys arquatus Russell, 1985 - Crimson cleaner fishCrimson cleaner fishThe crimson cleaner fish, Suezichthys aylingi, is a wrasse of the genus Suezichthys, found in a few coastal localities of New South Wales in Australia, and north east New Zealand at depths of between 5 and 100 m...
, Suezichthys aylingi Russell, 1985 - Suezichthys bifurcatus Russell, 1986
- Suezichthys caudavittatus (SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
, 1898) - Suezichthys caudovittatus (SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
, 1898) - Suezichthys cyanolaemus Russell, 1985
- Suezichthys devisi (Whitley, 1941)
- Suezichthys gracilis (SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
& Döderlein, 1887) - Suezichthys notatus (Kamohara, 1958)
- Suezichthys russelli Randall, 1981
- Suezichthys soelae Russell, 1985
- Suezichthys tripunctatus Randall & Kotthaus, 1977
- Rainbow slender wrasse