Hemigymnus

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Hemigymnus
Barred thicklip (Hemigymnus fasciatus) (43642258902).jpg
Hemigymnus fasciatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Subfamily: Julidinae
Genus: Hemigymnus
Günther, 1861
Type species
Mullus fasciatus
Thunberg, 1795 [1]
Synonyms [2]

Hemigymnus is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus: [3]

SpeciesCommon nameImage
Hemigymnus fasciatus Bloch, 1792Barred thicklip Hemigymnus fasciatus.jpg
Hemigymnus melapterus Bloch, 1791Blackeye thicklip Chernoglazyi tolstogubyi guban. Hemigymnus melapterus. DSCF7043WI.jpg
Hemigymnus sexfasciatus Rüppell, 1835Red Sea thicklip Hemigymnus sexfasciatus 418715699 (cropped).jpg

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hemigymnus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labridae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  3. ↑ Randall, J. E. (2013): Review of the Indo-Pacific labrid fish genus Hemigymnus. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 6: 2-18.


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