Novaculichthys

Novaculichthys
With two cleaner wrasses
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Novaculichthys
Bleeker, 1862
Species:
N. taeniourus
Binomial name
Novaculichthys taeniourus
(Lacépède, 1801)
Synonyms[2][3]

Genus:

Species:

  • Labrus taeniourus Lacépède, 1801
  • Hemipteronotus taeniourus (Lacépède, 1801)
  • Julis bifer Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839
  • Novaculichthys bifer (Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839)

Novaculichthys taeniourus, also known as the rockmover wrasse, carpet wrasse, dragon wrasse, bar-cheeked wrasse, olive-scribbled wrasse or reindeer wrasse, is a species of wrasse mainly found in coral reefs and lagoons in the Indo-Pacific region. These include habitats in the Gulf of California to Panama; tropical Pacific Ocean islands including Hawaii; the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia; and the Indian Ocean to the east coast of Africa. The common name, "rockmover wrasse", comes from their behavior of upending small stones and reef fragments in search of prey.[4] This species is the only known member of its genus.

  1. ^ Pollard, D.; Yeeting, B.; Liu, M. (2010). "Novaculichthys taeniourus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T187441A8536165. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187441A8536165.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Novaculichthys taeniourus". FishBase. August 2019 version.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference FishChannel was invoked but never defined (see the help page).