Novaculichthys taeniourus

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: Novaculichthys
Species: Novaculichthys taeniourus

Name

Novaculichthys taeniourus (Lacepède, 1801)

Holotype: MNHN B-2145.

Type locality: Great Equatorial Ocean [Madagascar].

Synonyms

Hemipteronotus taeniourus (Lacepède, 1801)
Julis bifer Lay & Bennett, 1839
Labrus taeniourus Lacepède, 1801
Novaculichthys bifer (Lay & Bennett, 1839)

References

Lacepède, B.G.E. 1801: Historie naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixième. 3: i-lxvi + 1-558, Pls. 1-34.
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.
Lay, G.T. & Bennett, E.T. 1839. Fishes. Pp. 41–75, Pls. 15–23. In: Richardson, J., Vigors, N.A., Lay, G.T., Bennett, E.T., Owen, R., Gray, J.E., Buckland, W. & Sowerby, G.B. 1839. The zoology of Captain Beechey’s voyage [...] to the Pacific and Behring’s Straits [...] in the years 1825–1928. London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.39296 BHL Reference page.
Novaculichthys taeniourus in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Rotsskuiwer-lipvis
Deutsch: Bäumchen-Lippfisch
English: Rockmover Wrasse
français: Labre-rasoir masqué
Nederlands: Rendierlipvis

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