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WoRMS taxon details

Wetmorella Fowler & Bean, 1928

AphiaID

204816 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:204816)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cheilininae Bleeker, 1862

Original name

Wetmorella Fowler & Bean, 1928

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Species Wetmorella albofasciata Schultz & Marshall, 1954
Species Wetmorella nigropinnata (Seale, 1901)
Species Wetmorella tanakai Randall & Kuiter, 2007
Species Wetmorella nigropunctata (Seale, 1901) accepted as Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes, 1839)
Species Wetmorella ocellata Schultz & Marshall, 1954 accepted as Wetmorella nigropinnata (Seale, 1901)
Species Wetmorella philippina Fowler & Bean, 1928 accepted as Wetmorella nigropinnata (Seale, 1901)
Species Wetmorella phillipina Fowler & Bean, 1928 accepted as Wetmorella nigropinnata (Seale, 1901) (misspelling)
Species Wetmorella triocellata Schultz & Marshall, 1954 accepted as Wetmorella nigropinnata (Seale, 1901)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Wetmorella Fowler & Bean, 1928. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204816 on 2026-10-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-06-06 22:00:00Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-05 14:01:03Z

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Renders, Kristel

2013-01-04 15:09:25Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

2014-11-21 13:09:37Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

2014-12-02 12:48:54Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

2025-10-24 04:45:58Z

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Bailly, Nicolas

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Taxonomy

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

Other

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

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]