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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: Hemigymnus
Species: H. fasciatus – H. melapterus – H. sexfasciatus
Name

Hemigymnus Günther, 1861:386

Type species: Labrus fasciatus Bloch, 1792

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.
Randall, J. E.; 2013: Review of the Indo-Pacific labrid fish genus Hemigymnus. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, '6: 2–18.

Vernacular names
English: Thicklips

Hemigymnus melapterus

Hemigymnus melapterus

Hemigymnus is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Species

There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:[3]

Hemigymnus fasciatus Bloch, 1792 (Barred thicklip)
Hemigymnus melapterus Bloch, 1791 (Blackeye thicklip)
Hemigymnus sexfasciatus Rüppell, 1835

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Hemigymnus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
Randall, J. E. (2013): Review of the Indo-Pacific labrid fish genus Hemigymnus. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 6: 2-18.

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