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Malapterus

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: Malapterus
Species: M. reticulatus

Name

Malapterus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1839:355

Type species: Malapterus reticulatus Valenciennes, 1839. Type by monotypy.

References

* Cuvier, G. & A. Valenciennes 1839: Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome treizième. Livre seizième. Des Labroïdes. 13: i-xix + 1-505 + 1 p., Pls. 369-388.
* 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.

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