Ophthalmolepis

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: Ophthalmolepis
Species: O. lineolata

Name

Ophthalmolepis Bleeker, 1862:413

Type species: Julis lineolatus Valenciennes, 1839. Type by original designation (also monotypic).

References

* Bleeker, P. 1862: Conspectus generum Labroideorum analyticus. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1861 (pt 3): 408-418.
* 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.

Vernacular names
English: Maori Wrasses