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: Polylepion
Species: P. cruentum – P. russelli
Name
Polylepion Gomon, 1977:622
Type species: Bodianus russelli Gomon & Randall, 1975. Type by original designation.
References
Gomon, M.F. 1977: A new genus and eastern Pacific species of Bodianine labrid fish. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 89 (54): 621–629.
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
Polylepion is a genus of wrasses native to the Pacific Ocean.[2] It is also known as a bleeding wrasse. They are mostly found over sandy waters from Mexico to Nicaragua, including Cocos Island.
Species
The currently[when?] recognized species in this genus are:[2]
Polylepion cruentum M. F. Gomon, 1977 (bleeding wrasse)
Polylepion russelli (M. F. Gomon & J. E. Randall, 1975)
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Polylepion". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Polylepion in FishBase. August 2013 version
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