Suezichthys

Suezichthys

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

Suezichthys is a genus of wrasses native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.^[2]

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[2]

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

↑ Suezia, World of Copepods
1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Suezichthys in FishBase. October 2013 version.

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