African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Labridae Cuvier, 1816

AphiaID

125541 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125541)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Eupercaria incertae sedis

Synonymised names

Labridae Incertae sedis · unaccepted

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Subfamily Cheilininae Bleeker, 1862
1. Genus Cheilinus Lacepède, 1801
2. Genus Concholabrus Near, Brownstein, Thacker & Wainwright, 2025
3. Genus Crassilabrus Swainson, 1839
4. Genus Epibulus Cuvier, 1815
5. Genus Oxycheilinus Gill, 1862
6. Genus Wetmorella Fowler & Bean, 1928
7. Genus Thalliurus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Cheilinus Lacepède, 1801 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subfamily Cheilioninae Bleeker, 1862
1. Genus Cheilio Lacepède, 1802
Subfamily Cirrhilabrinae Randall, 1999
1. Genus Cirrhilabrus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
2. Genus Paracheilinus Fourmanoir, 1955
3. Genus Pseudocheilinus Bleeker, 1862
4. Genus Pteragogus Peters, 1855
5. Genus Duymaeria Bleeker, 1856 accepted as Pteragogus Peters, 1855 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subfamily Corinae
Subfamily Hypsigenyinae Günther, 1861
1. Tribe Clepticini Bleeker, 1862
  1. Genus Bodianus Bloch, 1790
  2. Genus Decodon Günther, 1861
  3. Genus Pseudodax Bleeker, 1861
  4. Genus Clepticus Cuvier, 1829 accepted as Bodianus Bloch, 1790 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  5. Genus Cossyphus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1839 accepted as Bodianus Bloch, 1790 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
  6. Genus Lepidaplois Gill, 1862 accepted as Bodianus Bloch, 1790 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
2. Tribe Hypsigenyini Günther, 1861
  1. Genus Choerodon Bleeker, 1847
  2. Genus Chaerops Rüppell, 1852 accepted as Choerops Rüppell, 1852 accepted as Choerodon Bleeker, 1847 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, of a synonym)
  3. Genus Choerops Rüppell, 1852 accepted as Choerodon Bleeker, 1847 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
3. Tribe Lachnolaimini* (temporary name, * place holder, not intended as a new name)
  1. Genus Anchichoerops Barnard, 1927
Subfamily Julidinae Bonaparte, 1841
1. Genus Allocoris Kuiter, 2010
2. Genus Anampses Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
3. Genus Coris Lacepède, 1801
4. Genus Gomphosus Lacepède, 1801
5. Genus Halichoeres Rüppell, 1835
6. Genus Hemigymnus Günther, 1861
7. Genus Hologymnosus Lacepède, 1801
8. Genus Labrichthys Bleeker, 1854
9. Genus Labroides Bleeker, 1851
10. Genus Labropsis Schmidt, 1931
11. Genus Macropharyngodon Bleeker, 1862
12. Genus Minilabrus Randall & Dor, 1980
13. Genus Pseudocoris Bleeker, 1862
14. Genus Pseudojuloides Fowler, 1949
15. Genus Stethojulis Günther, 1861
16. Genus Thalassoma Swainson, 1839
17. Genus Diproctacanthus Bleeker, 1862 accepted as Labropsis Schmidt, 1931 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
18. Genus Fissilabrus Kner, 1860 accepted as Labroides Bleeker, 1851 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, synonym)
19. Genus Fowlerella Smith, 1957 accepted as Labroides Bleeker, 1851
20. Genus Julis Cuvier, 1814 accepted as Coris Lacepède, 1801 (synonym)
21. Genus Larabicus Randall & Springer, 1973 accepted as Labroides Bleeker, 1851 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subfamily Labrinae Cuvier, 1816
1. Genus Centrolabrus Günther, 1861
2. Genus Labrus Linnaeus, 1758
3. Genus Symphodus Rafinesque, 1810
Subfamily Pseudolabrinae Bleeker, 1862
1. Genus Suezichthys Smith, 1958
2. Genus Nelabrichthys Russell, 1983 accepted as Suezichthys Smith, 1958 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subfamily Scarinae Rafinesque, 1810
1. Tribe Scarini Rafinesque, 1810
  1. Genus Bolbometopon Smith, 1956
  2. Genus Cetoscarus Smith, 1956
  3. Genus Chlorurus Swainson, 1839
  4. Genus Hipposcarus Smith, 1956
  5. Genus Scarus Forsskål, 1775
  6. Genus Callyodon Scopoli (ex Gronow), 1777 accepted as Scarus Forsskål, 1775 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  7. Genus Pseudoscarus Bleeker, 1861 accepted as Chlorurus Swainson, 1839 (synonym)
  8. Genus Xanothon Smith, 1956 accepted as Chlorurus Swainson, 1839 (synonym)
2. Tribe Sparisomatini Gill, 1893
  1. Genus Calotomus Gilbert, 1890
  2. Genus Cryptotomus Cope, 1871
  3. Genus Leptoscarus Swainson, 1839
  4. Genus Sparisoma Swainson, 1839
  5. Genus Scaridae [sic] accepted as Scaridea Jenkins, 1903 accepted as Calotomus Gilbert, 1890 (Genus misspelling)
  6. Genus Scaridea Jenkins, 1903 accepted as Calotomus Gilbert, 1890
Subfamily Xyrichtyinae Bonaparte, 1841
1. Genus Cymolutes Günther, 1861
2. Genus Iniistius Gill, 1862
3. Genus Novaculichthys Bleeker, 1862
4. Genus Novaculoides Randall & Earle, 2004
5. Genus Xyrichtys Cuvier, 1814
6. Genus Hemipteronotus Lacepède, 1801 accepted as Xyrichtys Cuvier, 1814 (suppressed)
Subfamily Bodianinae Latreille, 1825 accepted as Clepticini Bleeker, 1862 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subfamily Labridae Incertae sedis accepted as Labridae Cuvier, 1816
Subfamily Pseudodacinae Günther, 1861 accepted as Clepticini Bleeker, 1862 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, brackish, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Labridae Cuvier, 1816. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125541 on 2026-04-24

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Labridae Cuvier, 1816. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125541 on 2026-04-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2015-04-17 08:48:21Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2021-06-30 12:05:15Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2025-10-24 00:34:01Z

unchecked

Bailly, Nicolas

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taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa. 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. 2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao. 314 p. [details]

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

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Introduced: alien

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To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Labridae)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Labridae USNM 399574 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Labridae USNM 423625 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS

Unreviewed

To NMNH Extant Collection (Labridae USNM 399574 photograph lateral view)

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To NMNH Extant Collection (Labridae USNM 423625 photograph lateral view)

Hosted externally