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Choerodon

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Labridae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Scientific name
  
Choerodon

Higher classification
  
Wrasse

Order
  
Perciformes

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Lower classifications
  
Harlequin tuskfish, Blackspot tuskfish, Azurio tuskfin, Baldchin groper, Blue tuskfish

Harlequin tuskfish care choerodon fasciatus


Choerodon is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

Contents

Choerodon tools


Species

The 24 currently recognized species in this genus are:

Choerodon Choerodon schoenleinii

  • Choerodon anchorago (Bloch, 1791) (orange-dotted tuskfish)
  • Choerodon azurio (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901) (Azurio tuskfish)
  • Choerodon cauteroma M. F. Gomon & G. R. Allen, 1987 (bluespotted tuskfish)
  • Choerodon cephalotes (Castelnau, 1875) (purple tuskfish)
  • Choerodon cyanodus (J. Richardson, 1843) (blue tuskfish)
  • Choerodon fasciatus (Günther, 1867) (harlequin tuskfish)
  • Choerodon frenatus J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (bridled tuskfish)
  • Choerodon gomoni G. R. Allen & J. E. Randall, 2002 (Gomon's tuskfish)
  • Choerodon graphicus (de Vis, 1885) (graphic tuskfish)
  • Choerodon gymnogenys (Günther, 1867)
  • Choerodon jordani (Snyder, 1908) (Jordan's tuskfish)
  • Choerodon margaritiferus Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928 (pearly tuskfish)
  • Choerodon melanostigma Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928
  • Choerodon monostigma J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (dark-spot tuskfish)
  • Choerodon oligacanthus (Bleeker, 1851) (white-patch tuskfish)
  • Choerodon paynei Whitley, 1945 (Payne's tuskfish)
  • Choerodon robustus (Günther, 1862) (robust tuskfish)
  • Choerodon rubescens (Günther, 1862) (baldchin groper)
  • Choerodon schoenleinii (Valenciennes, 1839) (blackspot tuskfish)
  • Choerodon sugillatum M. F. Gomon, 1987 (wedge-tailed tuskfish)
  • Choerodon venustus (de Vis, 1884) (Venus tuskfish)
  • Choerodon vitta J. D. Ogilby, 1910 (redstripe tuskfish)
  • Choerodon zamboangae (Seale & B. A. Bean, 1907) (purple eyebrowed tuskfish)
  • Choerodon zosterophorus (Bleeker, 1868) (Zoster wrasse)

    • Choerodon Choerodon schoenleinii blackspot tuskfish

    Choerodon Choerodon Wikipedia

    Choerodon Choerodon jordani

    Choerodon Scarbreast Tuskfish Choerodon azurio

    References

    Choerodon Wikipedia
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