Dwarf wrasse
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The dwarf wrasse ( Pseudocheilini) are a tribe of the wrasse (Labridae). They are only 6 to 12 inches long.
features
Cirrhilabrus - and Paracheilinus - species live in harem groups of one male and several females like the Anthias in the open water on reef slopes and hunt zooplankton . In these marine fish the sexes differ in color. The males of Paracheilinus also have enlarged fins or flag-like appendages on the fins. Pseudocheilinus species such as the six- lined wrasse ( Pseudocheilinus hexataenia ) and the eight-lined wrasse ( Pseudocheilinus octotaenia ) live hidden among the corals and hunt small crustaceans in crevices and spaces.
Genera
- Genus Cirrhilabrus Temminck & Schlegel , 1845.
- Genus Conniella Allen , 1983.
- Conniella apterygia Allen, 1983.
- Genus Pseudocheilinops Schultz, 1960.
- Pseudocheilinops ataenia Schultz, 1960.
- Genus Pseudocheilinus Bleeker , 1862.
- Pseudocheilinus citrinus Randall, 1999.
- Pseudocheilinus dispilus Randall, 1999.
- Pseudocheilinus evanidus Jordan & Evermann, 1903.
- Six- lined wrasse ( Pseudocheilinus hexataenia ) (Bleeker, 1857).
- Pseudocheilinus ocellatus Randall, 1999.
- Pseudocheilinus octotaenia Jenkins, 1901.
- Pseudocheilinus tetrataenia Schultz, 1960.
- Genus Pteragogus Peters, 1855.
- Pteragogus aurigarius (Richardson, 1845).
- Pteragogus clarkae Randall, 2013.
- Pteragogus cryptus Randall, 1981.
- Pteragogus enneacanthus (Bleeker, 1853).
- Pteragogus flagellifer (Valenciennes, 1839).
- Pteragogus guttatus (Fowler & Bean, 1928).
- Pteragogus pelycus Randall, 1981.
- Pteragogus taeniops (Peters, 1855).
- Pteragogus trispilus Randall, 2013.
- Pteragogus variabilis Randall, 2013.
literature
- Vikram B. Baliga, Chris J. Law: Cleaners amongst wrasses: phylogenetics and evolutionary patterns of cleaning behavior within Labridae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, October 2015, doi : 10.1016 / j.ympev.2015.09.006
- E. Lieske, RF Myers: Coral fish of the world , 1994, year publisher, ISBN 3-86132-112-2 .
- MW Westneat, ME Alfaro: Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the reef fish family Labridae . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36 (2005): pp. 370-390, PDF .