Polylepion cruentum

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: Polylepion
Species: Polylepion cruentum

Name

Polylepion cruentum Gomon, 1977

Holotype: SNM 215465. [Paratypes: CAS 36000 (2), SIO 68-4 (1), UCR 353-2 (1), UF 232923 [ex UMML 32923] (3), USNM 215466 (10, 1 c&s)].

Type locality: Eastern Pacific off Quepos, Costa Rica, depth 190 meters.

References

• Gomon, M.F. 1977: A new genus and eastern Pacific species of Bodianine labrid fish. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 89 (54): 621–629.
• 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.
• Polylepion cruentum in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Bleeding Wrasse