Leptojulis

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: Leptojulis
Species: L. chrysotaenia – L. cyanopleura – L. lambdastigma – L. polylepis – L. urostigma
Name

Leptojulis Bleeker, 1862:412

Type species: Julis (Halichoeres) cyanopleura Bleeker, 1853. Type by original designation (also monotypic).
References

Bleeker, P. 1862: Conspectus generum Labroideorum analyticus. Proceedings of the General Meetings for Scientific Business of the Zoological Society of London, 1861 (pt 3): 408–418.
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: Wrasses

Leptojulis is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.[3]
Species

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

Leptojulis chrysotaenia J. E. Randall & Ferraris, 1981 (ochreband wrasse)
Leptojulis cyanopleura (Bleeker, 1853) (shoulderspot wrasse)
Leptojulis lambdastigma J. E. Randall & Ferraris, 1981
Leptojulis polylepis J. E. Randall, 1996 (smallscale wrasse)
Leptojulis urostigma J. E. Randall, 1996 (tailmark wrasse)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Leptojulis". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Leptojulis in FishBase. August 2013 version.