Genus of fishes
Choerodon
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Harlequin Tuskfish (C. fasciatus)
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Chordata
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Class:
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Actinopterygii
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Order:
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Labriformes
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Family:
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Labridae
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Genus:
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Choerodon Bleeker, 1849
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Type species
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Labrus macrodontus
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Synonyms[2]
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- Aspiurochilus Fowler, 1956
- Choerodonoides Kamohara, 1958
- Choerops Rüppell, 1852
- Cossyphodes Bleeker, 1860
- Hypsigenys Günther, 1861
- Lienardella Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928
- Macrochoerodon Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928
- Peaolopesia J. L. B. Smith, 1949
- Torresia Castelnau, 1875]
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Choerodon is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[3] They are commonly referred to as tuskfish, because most species have sharp tusk-like teeth.
Species
The 24 currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
- 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)[4]
- Choerodon graphicus (de Vis, 1885) (graphic tuskfish)
- Choerodon gymnogenys (Günther, 1867)
- Choerodon jordani (Snyder, 1908) (Jordan's tuskfish)[5]
- 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)
References
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