Choerodon sugillatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Labriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Labriformes

Familia: Labridae
Genus: Choerodon
Species: Choerodon sugillatum

Name

Choerodon sugillatum Gomon, 1987

Holotype: NMV A3126. [Paratypes: AMS I.15557-206 (1), I.19450-037 (3), I.20751-006 (8), I.20771-066 (2); CSIRO H 656-01 (1), H 657-01 (1), H 657-02 (1), H 658-01 (1); NMV A3130 (3), A3137 (1); USNM 280628 (4); WAM P.25354-023 (6)].

Type locality: Cape Bedford, Queensland, Australia, 15°13.59'-15°00'S, 145°23.36'-27.87'E, depth 30 meters.

References

Gomon, M.F. 1987: New Australian fishes. Part 6. New species of Lepidotrigla (Triglidae), Choerodon (Labridae) and Zebrias (Soleidae). Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria, 48(1): 17–23.
Parenti, P. & J.E. Randall 2000: An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 68: 1–97.
Choerodon sugillatum in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Wedge-tailed Tuskfish