Pictilabrus is a genus of wrasses endemic to the eastern Indian Ocean waters of Australia first discovered in 1940.[2][3]
Pictilabrus | |
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Pictilabrus laticlavius | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Labriformes |
Family: | Labridae |
Genus: | Pictilabrus T. N. Gill, 1891 |
Type species | |
Labrus laticlavius J. Richardson, 1840[1] |
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- Pictilabrus brauni Hutchins & S. M. Morrison, 1996 (Braun's wrasse)
- Pictilabrus laticlavius (J. Richardson, 1840) (patrician wrasse)
- Pictilabrus viridis B. C. Russell, 1988 (false senator wrasse)