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Labridae
Cuvier, 1816
- wrasses
(fish)
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Entity:
Labroidei (Suborder)
..Centrogenyidae (Family) - false scorpionfishes
..†Tortonesiidae (Family)
..Labridae (Family) - wrasses
....Cheilininae (Subfamily) - flasherwrasses
....Cirrhilabrinae (Subfamily) - fairy-wrasses
....†Eocoris (Genus)
....Hypsigenyinae (Subfamily) - tuskfishes
....Julidinae (Subfamily)
....Labrinae (Subfamily) - wrasses
....†Pharyngodopilus (Genus)
....†Phyllopharyngodon (Genus)
....Pseudolabrinae (Subfamily) - parrotwrasses
....Scarinae (Subfamily) - parrotfishes
....†Trigonodon (Genus)
....Xyrichtyinae (Subfamily) - razorfishes
Authorship
Original name
:
Cuvier, 1816.
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Labroidei
(Suborder)
Bertin & Arambourg, 1958
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Labrinae
(Subfamily)
Cuvier, 1816
Ref:
R. van der Laan et al. (eds.), 2021
: (15 Aug 2025); 5 Sep 2025.
[inferred]
Type
:
Labrus
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
J.S. Nelson, 2006
: 395; [<22 Feb 2024].
[inferred]
Synonyms
Including
:
†
Pharyngodopilidae
(Family)
Cocchi, 1864
Ref:
R. van der Laan, 2018
: 81.
Including
:
†
Trigonodontidae
(Family)
Arambourg, 1927
Ref:
R. van der Laan, 2018
: 81.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
lipvissen
Ref:
R.C. van Caenegem et al. (eds.), 1979-1984
: 1981.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
wrasses
Ref:
J.S. Nelson et al., 2016
: 428; ECoF(14 Mar 2025).
:
wrasses
Ref:
W.N. Eschmeyer, 1998
: 2484.
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21 Sep 2025