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Labroides pectoralis

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Labroidei
Familia: Labridae
Genus: Labroides
Species: Labroides pectoralis

Name

Labroides pectoralis Randall & Springer, 1975

Holotype: BPBM 7245. [Paratypes: AMS I.18466-001 (1); BMNH 1974.9.27.33-38 (6); BPBM 6543 (1), 9370 (2), 9895 (1), 15582 (1), 15838 (1), 18386 (1), 18851 (1); CAS 33600 (1); SMBL 74014 (1) [not seen at FAKU]; USNM 209880 (2)].

Type locality: Reef about 1 mile southeast of Auluptagel Island, Palau Islands, Philippine Sea, depth 6-10 feet.

References

* Randall, J.E. & V.G. Springer 1975: Labroides pectoralis, a new species of labrid fish from the tropical Western Pacific. Uo (Japanese Society of Ichthyology), 25: 4-11, 22, Pl. 1.
* Parenti, P. & J.E. Randall 2000: An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 68: 1-97.
* FishBase link : species Labroides pectoralis (Mirror site)


Vernacular names
English: Blackspot Cleaner Wrasse
日本語: スミツキソメワケベラ

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