Dotalabrus aurantiacus

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Dotalabrus aurantiacus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Dotalabrus
Species:
D. aurantiacus
Binomial name
Dotalabrus aurantiacus
(Castelnau, 1872) [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • Cheilinus aurantiacusCastelnau, 1872
  • Labrichthys elegans Steindachner, 1883
  • Labrichthys macleayi Herzenstein, 1896
  • Pseudolabrus aurantiacus (Castelnau, 1872)
  • Pseudolabrus elegans(Steindachner, 1883)
  • Pseudolabrus macleayi(Herzenstein, 1896)

Dotalabrus aurantiacus, Castelnau's wrasse, is a species of wrasses native to the Indian Ocean coasts of Australia. It is the type species of its genus. The type locality is Adelaide, St. Vincent Gulf, South Australia.

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References

  1. Russell, B.; Pollard, D.; Choat, J.H. (2010). "Dotalabrus aurantiacus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T187457A8540761. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187457A8540761.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Castelnau, F.L. 1872: Contribution to the ichthyology of Australia. No. 1.--The Melbourne fish market (pp. 29-242). No. II.--Note on some South Australian fishes (pp. 243-247). Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimmatisation Society of Victoria, 1: 29–247 plus 1 p. Errata.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Dotalabrus aurantiacus" in FishBase. August 2019 version.