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Cymolutes lecluse (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

218968 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218968)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Eupercaria incertae sedis (Order)
  11. Labridae (Family)
  12. Xyrichtyinae (Subfamily)
  13. Cymolutes (Genus)
  14. Cymolutes lecluse (Species)
accepted
Species
Cymolutes Günther, 1861
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Xyrichthys lecluse Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details] 
Description Occurs over sand bottom in lagoon. Feeds on fishes.  
Description Occurs over sand bottom in lagoon. Feeds on fishes. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Cymolutes lecluse (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218968 on 2026-07-10
Date
action
by
1997-07-02 14:59:38Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description (of Xyrichthys lecluse Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details] 

basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication

Other

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Description Occurs over sand bottom in lagoon. Feeds on fishes. [details]
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LanguageName 
English sharp-headed wrasse  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Xyrichthys lecluse Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Hemipteronotus leclusei (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824))
To FishBase (from synonym Xyrichthys lecluse Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cymolutes lecluse FIN029723 Slide 120 mm) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Cymolutes lecluse FIN029725 Slide 120 mm) 
To ITIS
Unreviewed

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