Clepticus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Labriformes

Familia: Labridae
Genus: Clepticus
Species: C. africanus – C. brasiliensis – C. parrae
Name

Clepticus Cuvier, 1829:261

Type species: Clepticus genizara Cuvier, 1829. Type by monotypy.
References

Cuvier, G. 1829: Le Règne Animal, distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Edition 2. 2: i-xv + 1-406.
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.
Santini, F., Sorenson, L. & Alfaro, M.E. 2016. Phylogeny and biogeography of hogfishes and allies (Bodianus, Labridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 99: 1–6. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.02.011 Paywall. Reference page.

Vernacular names
English: Wrasses

Clepticus is a genus of wrasses native to the Atlantic Ocean.[2]
Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]

Clepticus africanus Heiser, R. L. Moura & D. R. Robertson, 2000 (African creole wrasse)
Clepticus brasiliensis Heiser, R. L. Moura & D. R. Robertson, 2000 (Brazilian creole wrasse)
Clepticus parrae (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (creole wrasse)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Clepticus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Clepticus in FishBase. August 2013 version.