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Novaculichthys taeniourus (Lacepède, 1801) 
AphiaID: 219035

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Cheilininae (Subfamily) > Novaculichthys (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Novaculichthys Bleeker, 1862
Synonymised
taxa		  Hemipteronotus taeniourus (Lacepède, 1801)
 Hemipteronotus taeniurus (Lacepède, 1801) (misspelling)
 Julis bifer Lay & Bennett, 1839
 Labrus taeniours Lacepède, 1801 (misspelling)
 Labrus taeniourus Lacepède, 1801
 Novaculichthys bifer (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
 Novaculichthys taeniorus (Lacepède, 1801) (misspelling)
 Novaculichthys taeniurus (Lacepède, 1801) (misspelling)
 Novaculichtys taeniorus (Lacepède, 1801) (misspelling)
 Xyrichthys taeniouris (Lacepède, 1801) (misspelling)
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Smith, J.L.B. (1956). The fishes of Aldabra. Part VI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist 12 (9): 817-829 [details]

basis of record: Randall, J.E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. Immel Publishing. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English rockmover wrasse  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Aldabra (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Chagos [details]
Kenya [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
Red Sea [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (39 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (58 nucleotides; 79 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Inhabits semi-exposed reef flats and lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602). Common in areas of mixed sand, and rubble that are subject to mild surge (Ref. 1602). Highly territorial (Ref. 9823). Feeds on molluscs, sea urchins, brittle stars, polychaetes, and crabs (Ref. 5213); feeding is done by overturning large rocks to expose target preys. The young imitate drifting masses of algae (Ref. 2334). Marketed fresh (Ref. 9311). [details]

Type species: Type species of genus. Year of description given as 1802 in <127>.
Julis bifer Lay & Bennett is a synonym based n the juvenile stage. <307> [details]
Image 
Novaculichthys taeniourus
Novaculichthys taeniourus
added on 2009-02-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:219035
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-06-16 09:42:29Z  changed  Depew, Lorna
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Novaculichthys taeniourus (Lacepède, 1801). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=219035 on 2013-05-22
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