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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: Pseudocoris
Species (9): P. aequalis – P. aurantiofasciata – P. bleekeri – P. hemichrysos – P. heteroptera – P. occidentalis – P. ocellata – P. petila – P. yamashiroi
Name

Pseudocoris Bleeker, 1862:411

Type species: Julis (Halichoeres) heteropterus Bleeker, 1857. 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.
Randall, J.E., Connell, A.D. & Victor, B.C. 2015. Review of the labrid fishes of the Indo-Pacific Genus Pseudocoris, with a description of two new species. Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation 16: 1–55. PDF. Reference page.
Randall, J.E. & F. Walsh 2008: A pictorial review of the Indo-Pacific labrid genus Pseudocoris, with description of a new species from the Coral Sea. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 14 (2): 45–58.

Vernacular names
English: Wrasses
Pseudocoris is a genus of wrasses native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.
Species

There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:[2]

Pseudocoris aequalis J. E. Randall & F. M. Walsh, 2008
Pseudocoris aurantiofasciata Fourmanoir, 1971 (Rust-banded wrasse)
Pseudocoris bleekeri (Hubrecht, 1876) (Philippines wrasse)
Pseudocoris hemichrysos J. E. Randall, Connell & Victor, 2015[3]
Pseudocoris heteroptera (Bleeker, 1857) (Torpedo wrasse)
Pseudocoris occidentalis J. E. Randall, Connell & Victor, 2015[3]
Pseudocoris ocellata J. P. Chen & K. T. Shao, 1995
Pseudocoris petila G. R. Allen & Erdmann, 2012
Pseudocoris yamashiroi (P. Y. Schmidt, 1931) (Redspot wrasse)

References

Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Pseudocoris". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Pseudocoris in FishBase. August 2019 version.
Randall, J.E.; Connell, A.D.; Victor, B.C. (2015). "Review of the labrid fishes of the Indo-Pacific Genus Pseudocoris, with a description of two new species" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation. 16: 1–55.

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