Semicossyphus

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Kingdom Animalia Scientific name Semicossyphus Higher classification Wrasse Order Perciformes		Family Labridae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus

Lower classifications California sheephead, Asian sheepshead wrasse

california sheephead semicossyphus pulcher

Semicossyphus is a genus of wrasses native to the Pacific Ocean.

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

Semicossyphus darwini (Jenyns, 1842) (Galápagos sheephead, goldspot sheepshead)

Semicossyphus pulcher (Ayres, 1854) (California sheephead)

Semicossyphus reticulatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (Asian sheepshead wrasse)

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