Pseudolabrini

Pseudolabrini
Pseudolabrus luculentus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Tribe:	Pseudolabrini Westneat & Alfaro (2005)
Genus
Austrolabrus Dotalabrus Eupetrichthys Notolabrus Pictilabrus Pseudolabrus Suezichthys

The pseudolabrine wrasses are saltwater fish of the tribe Pseudolabrini, a subgroup of the wrasse family. They are distributed throughout the temperate Pacific and Indian Oceans, being absent from tropical (low latitude) waters. ^[1]

Taxonomy

The pseudolabrine wrasses were originally conceived as a subgroup of the julidine wrasses in 1988. In 2005, Westneat and Alfaro recognized that the group was monophyletic and likely the sister group of Julidini, and thus tentatively proposed the creation of the tribe Pseudolabrini. This classification was additionally supported by Hughes et al in 2023. ^{[1] [2]}

Genera

Genus	Image
Austrolabrus	A. maculatus
Dotalabrus	D. aurantiacus
Eupetrichthys	E. angustipes
Notolabrus	N. gymnogenis
Pictilabrus	P. laticlavius
Pseudolabrus	P. biserialis
Suezichthys	S. arquatus

References

1. Westneat, Mark W.; Alfaro, Michael E. (2005-08-01). "Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the reef fish family Labridae" . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 36 (2): 370–390. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.02.001. ISSN   1055-7903.
2. Hughes, Lily C; Nash, Chloe M; White, William T; Westneat, Mark W (2023-05-01). "Concordance and Discordance in the Phylogenomics of the Wrasses and Parrotfishes (Teleostei: Labridae)". Systematic Biology. 72 (3): 530–543. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syac072. ISSN   1063-5157.