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Most wrasses inhabit the tropical and subtropical waters of the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, though some species live in temperate waters: the Ballan wrasse is found as far north as Norway. Wrasses are usually found in shallow-water habitats such as coral reefs and rocky shores, where they live close to the substrate.
The julidine wrasses are saltwater fish of the tribe Julidini, a subgroup of the wrasse family . It contains the highest number of genera and species out of all the wrasse tribes, with 20 genera and over 200 species, [ 1 ] comprising almost a third of all wrasse species.
Pseudojuloides cerasinus, the smalltail wrasse or the pencil wrasse, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae.It is found in the tropical Pacific Ocean and was previously considered to have a much wider distribution but the recognition of new species has reduced this wide range.
Pseudojuloides elongatus Ayling & B. C. Russell, 1977 (Long-green pencil wrasse) Pseudojuloides erythrops J. E. Randall & H. A. Randall, 1981 (Red-eye pencil wrasse) Pseudojuloides kaleidos Kuiter & J. E. Randall, 1995 (Kaleidos pencil wrasse) Pseudojuloides labyrinthus Victor & J. M. B. Edward, 2016 (Labyrinth pencil wrasse) [4]
Labriformes is an order of ray-finned fishes which includes the wrasses, cales and parrotfishes, within the clade Percomorpha. [3] Some authors include the Labriformes as the clade Labroidei within the Perciformes while others include more families within the Labriformes, such as the cichlids and damselfishes, but the 5th edition of Fishes of the World includes just three listed in the section ...
Thalassoma bifasciatum, the bluehead, bluehead wrasse or blue-headed wrasse, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae. It is native to the coral reefs of the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean. Individuals are small (less than 110 mm standard length) and rarely live longer than two years.
Order Perciformes 40% of all fish including anabantids, centrarchids (incl. bass and sunfish), cichlids, gobies, gouramis, mackerel, perches, scats, whiting, wrasses Class Sarcopterygii : Lobe-finned fish
Pictilabrus laticlavius, the patrician wrasse, the senator wrasse, the green parrotfish or the purplebanded wrasse is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the eastern Indian Ocean and the south western Pacific Oceans off the temperate coasts of southern Australia.