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Labridae  Cuvier, 1816
Taxonomic Serial No.: 170477

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): rainbowfishes [English]
  
    wrasses [English]
  
    labres [French]
  
    labridés [French]
  
    doncellas y señoritas [Spanish]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2003   
       

 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 à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderLabroidei  – parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, poissons-perroquets  
                                  FamilyLabridae Cuvier, 1816 – rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, labridés, doncellas y señoritas  
    Direct Children:  
                                     GenusAcantholabrus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1839  
                                     GenusAchoerodus Gill, 1863  
                                     GenusAmmolabrus Randall and Carlson, 1997  
                                     GenusAnampses Quoy and Gaimard, 1824  
                                     GenusAnchichoerops Barnard, 1927  
                                     GenusAustrolabrus Steindachner, 1884  
                                     GenusBodianus Bloch, 1790 – hogfishes 
                                     GenusCentrolabrus Günther, 1861  
                                     GenusCheilinus Lacépède, 1801  
                                     GenusCheilio Lacépède, 1802  
                                     GenusChoerodon Bleeker, 1849 – tuskfishes 
                                     GenusCirrhilabrus Temminck and Schlegel, 1845  
                                     GenusClepticus Cuvier, 1829  
                                     GenusConniella Allen, 1983  
                                     GenusCoris Lacépède, 1801 – rainbow wrasses 
                                     GenusCtenolabrus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1839  
                                     GenusCymolutes Günther, 1861  
                                     GenusDecodon Günther, 1861  
                                     GenusDiproctacanthus Bleeker, 1862  
                                     GenusDoratonotus Günther, 1861  
                                     GenusDotalabrus Whitley, 1930  
                                     GenusEpibulus Cuvier, 1815  
                                     GenusEupetrichthys Ramsay and Ogilby, 1888  
                                     GenusFrontilabrus Randall and Condé, 1989  
                                     GenusGomphosus Lacépède, 1801 – bird fishes, bird wrasses 
                                     GenusHalichoeres Rüppell, 1835 – wrasses 
                                     GenusHemigymnus Günther, 1861  
                                     GenusHologymnosus Lacépède, 1801  
                                     GenusIniistius Gill, 1862  
                                     GenusJulichthys De Vis, 1885  
                                     GenusLabrichthys Bleeker, 1854  
                                     GenusLabroides Bleeker, 1851  
                                     GenusLabropsis Schmidt, 1931  
                                     GenusLabrus Linnaeus, 1758 – wrasses 
                                     GenusLachnolaimus Cuvier, 1829  
                                     GenusLappanella Jordan, 1890  
                                     GenusLarabicus Randall and Springer, 1973  
                                     GenusLeptojulis Bleeker, 1862  
                                     GenusMacropharyngodon Bleeker, 1862  
                                     GenusMalapterus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1839  
                                     GenusMinilabrus Randall and Dor, 1980  
                                     GenusNelabrichthys Russell, 1983  
                                     GenusNotolabrus Russell, 1988  
                                     GenusNovaculichthys Bleeker, 1862  
                                     GenusNovaculoides Randall and Earle, 2004  
                                     GenusOphthalmolepis Bleeker, 1862  
                                     GenusOxycheilinus Gill, 1862  
                                     GenusOxyjulis Gill, 1863  
                                     GenusParacheilinus Fourmanoir in Roux-Estéve and Fourmanoir, 1955  
                                     GenusParajulis Bleeker, 1865  
                                     GenusPictilabrus Gill, 1891  
                                     GenusPolylepion Gomon, 1977  
                                     GenusPseudocheilinops Schultz in Schultz, Chapman, Lachner and Wood, 1960  
                                     GenusPseudocheilinus Bleeker, 1862  
                                     GenusPseudocoris Bleeker, 1862  
                                     GenusPseudodax Bleeker, 1861  
                                     GenusPseudojuloides Fowler, 1949  
                                     GenusPseudolabrus Bleeker, 1862  
                                     GenusPteragogus Peters, 1855  
                                     GenusSemicossyphus Günther, 1861  
                                     GenusStethojulis Günther, 1861  
                                     GenusSuezichthys Smith, 1958  
                                     GenusSymphodus Rafinesque, 1810  
                                     GenusTautoga Mitchill, 1814  
                                     GenusTautogolabrus Günther, 1862  
                                     GenusTerelabrus Randall and Fourmanoir, 1998  
                                     GenusThalassoma Swainson, 1839  
                                     GenusWetmorella Fowler and Bean, 1928  
                                     GenusXenojulis de Beaufort, 1939  
                                     GenusXiphocheilus Bleeker, 1857  
                                     GenusXyrichtys Cuvier, 1814  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
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  Other Source(s):    
  Source: ITIS*ca, website (version 2002)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: labres[French], labridés [French]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Labridae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Labridae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. T. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, et al., eds.   
  Publication Date: 2004   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Sixth Edition   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 29   
  Page(s): ix + 386   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-888569-61-1, 0097-0638  
  Notes: Full author list: Nelson, Joseph S., Edwin J. Crossman, Héctor Espinosa-Pérez, Lloyd T. Findley, Carter R. Gilbert, Robert N. Lea, and James D. Williams   
  Reference for: doncellas y señoritas[Spanish], labres [French], wrasses [English]   
       
  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   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Labridae   
       

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