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Choerodon  Bleeker, 1849
Taxonomic Serial No.: 170751

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Choerops Rüppell, 1852
  
    Lienardella Fowler and Bean, 1928
  
    Peaolopesia Smith, 1949
  
    Aspiurochilus Fowler, 1956
  
    Choerodonoides Kamohara, 1958
  
    Cossyphodes Bleeker, 1860
  
    Hypsigenys Günther, 1861
  
    Torresia Castelnau, 1875
  
    Macrochoerodon Fowler and Bean, 1928
  
  Common Name(s): tuskfishes [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons ŕ nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderLabroidei  – parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, poissons-perroquets  
                                  FamilyLabridae Cuvier, 1816 – rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, labridés, doncellas y seńoritas  
                                     GenusChoerodon Bleeker, 1849 – tuskfishes  
    Direct Children:  
                                        Species Choerodon anchorago (Bloch, 1791) – orangedotted tuskfish 
                                        Species Choerodon azurio (Jordan and Snyder, 1901)  
                                        Species Choerodon cauteroma Gomon and Allen, 1987  
                                        Species Choerodon cephalotes (Castelnau, 1875) – purple tuskfish 
                                        Species Choerodon cyanodus (Richardson, 1843) – bluetoothed tuskfish 
                                        Species Choerodon fasciatus (Günther, 1867) – harlequin tuskfish 
                                        Species Choerodon frenatus Ogilby, 1910  
                                        Species Choerodon gomoni Allen and Randall, 2002  
                                        Species Choerodon graphicus (De Vis, 1885)  
                                        Species Choerodon gymnogenys (Günther in Playfair and Günther, 1867)  
                                        Species Choerodon jordani (Snyder, 1908)  
                                        Species Choerodon margaritiferus Fowler and Bean, 1928  
                                        Species Choerodon melanostigma Fowler and Bean, 1928  
                                        Species Choerodon monostigma Ogilby, 1910  
                                        Species Choerodon oligacanthus (Bleeker, 1851)  
                                        Species Choerodon paynei Whitley, 1945  
                                        Species Choerodon robustus (Günther, 1862) – swordlipped wrasse 
                                        Species Choerodon rubescens (Günther, 1862)  
                                        Species Choerodon schoenleinii (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1839) – blackspot tuskfish 
                                        Species Choerodon sugillatum Gomon, 1987  
                                        Species Choerodon venustus (De Vis, 1884) – pinksided tuskfish, Venus tuskfish 
                                        Species Choerodon vitta Ogilby, 1910 – striped tuskfish 
                                        Species Choerodon zamboangae (Seale and Bean, 1907)  
                                        Species Choerodon zosterophorus (Bleeker, 1868)  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Choerodon   
       
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 21-May-2001, website (version Feb-2000)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Choerodon   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Choerodon   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Choerodon   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Parenti, Paola, and John E. Randall  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title: An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, no. 68   
  Page(s): 97   
  Publisher: J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology   
  Publication Place: Rhodes Univ., Grahamstown, South Africa   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0073-4381   
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  Reference for: Choerodon   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
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  Reference for: tuskfishes[English]   
       

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