Notolabrus
Classification
Genus:
Notolabrus
Family: Labridae - Wrasses
Order: Labriformes - Wrasses
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
Description
Notolabrus is a genus of wrasses native to the eastern Indian Ocean and the southwestern Pacific Ocean from Australia to New Zealand.
The seven currently recognized species in this genus are:
Notolabrus celidotus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (spotty)
Notolabrus cinctus (F. W. Hutton, 1877) (girdled wrasse)
Notolabrus fucicola (J. Richardson, 1840) (banded parrotfish or yellow-saddled wrasse)
Notolabrus gymnogenis (Günther, 1862) (crimsonband wrasse)
Notolabrus inscriptus (J. Richardson, 1848) (inscribed wrasse)
Notolabrus parilus (J. Richardson, 1850) (brown-spotted wrasse)
Notolabrus tetricus (J. Richardson, 1840) (blue-throated wrasse)