Hemigymnus

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Labroidei
Familia: Labridae
Genus: Hemigymnus
Species: H. fasciatus - H. melapterus

Name

Hemigymnus Günther, 1861:386

Type species: Mullus fasciatus Thunberg, 1795. Type by subsequent designation.

References

* Günther, A. 1861: A preliminary synopsis of the labroid genera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 3), 8(47): 382-389.
* Parenti, P. & J.E. Randall 2000: An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 68: 1-97.

Vernacular names
English: Thicklips