Labropsis australis

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: Labropsis
Species: Labropsis australis

Name

Labropsis australis Randall, 1981

Holotype: BPBM 14395. [Paratypes: AMS I.15423-001 (1), I.15461-001 (2), I.15647-058 (1) I.15647-083 (5), I.15681-056 (1), I.17474-001 (1), I.18196 3/4-008 (1), I.19462-037 (1), I.21490-016 (1), I.21495-015 (1); ANSP 136136 (2); BMNH 1980.7.23.1 (1); BPBM 9404 (3), 11347 (2), 14376 (1), 14504 [not 14505] (1), 14524 (1), 15573 (1), 15633 (1), 19900 (2), 24125 (3); CAS 45634 (1); MNHN 1980-1341 (1); USNM 208287 (1)].

Type locality: Outside reef, western side of One Tree Island, Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, depth 90 feet.

References

Randall, J.E. 1981: Revision of the labrid fish genus Labropsis with descriptions of five new species. Micronesica, 17(1-2): 125–155, Pls. 1-5.
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.
Labropsis australis in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Southern Tubelip