Labriformes

Labriformes
Brown wrasse (Labrus merula)
Midnight parrotfish Scarus coelestinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Percomorpha
Order: Labriformes
Kaufman & Liem, 1982[1]
Type species
Labrus mixtus
Families

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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 below and includes 87 genera and about 630 species.[3]

  1. ^ Philip A. Hastings; Harold Jack Walker; Grantly R. Galland (2015). Fishes: A Guide to Their Diversity. Univ of California Press. p. 176. ISBN 978-0520283534.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Labrus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. pp. 427–430. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-12-25.