Pseudolabrinae
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| Pseudolabrus luculentus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudolabrinae Bleeker, 1862 |
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The pseudolabrine wrasses or parrotwrasses (not to be confused with parrotfish) are saltwater fish of the subfamily Pseudolabrinae, a subgroup of the wrasse family.[1] They are distributed throughout the temperate Pacific and Indian Oceans, being absent from tropical (low latitude) waters, with the exception of Doratonotus, which inhabits the tropical Atlantic.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]The pseudolabrine wrasses were originally conceived as a subgroup of the julidine wrasses in 1988. In 2005, Westneat and Alfaro recognized that the group was monophyletic and likely the sister group of Julidini, and thus tentatively proposed the creation of the tribe Pseudolabrini. This classification was additionally supported by Hughes et al in 2023.[2][3] It was reclassified as a subfamily by Brownstein et al (2025), and the Catalog of Fishes has followed this treatment.[4][5]
Genera
[edit]As per Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes:[5]
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| Austrolabrus | 
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| Doratonotus | 
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| Dotalabrus | 
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| Pictilabrus | .jpg?lang=en)
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| Suezichthys | .jpg?lang=en)
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References
[edit]- ^ Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ a b Westneat, Mark W.; Alfaro, Michael E. (2005-08-01). "Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of the reef fish family Labridae". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 36 (2): 370–390. Bibcode:2005MolPE..36..370W. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.02.001. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 15955516.
- ^ Hughes, Lily C; Nash, Chloe M; White, William T; Westneat, Mark W (2023-05-01). "Concordance and Discordance in the Phylogenomics of the Wrasses and Parrotfishes (Teleostei: Labridae)". Systematic Biology. 72 (3): 530–543. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syac072. ISSN 1063-5157. PMID 36331534.
- ^ Brownstein, Chase D.; Harrington, Richard C.; Alencar, Laura R. V.; Bellwood, David R.; Choat, John H.; Rocha, Luiz A.; Wainwright, Peter C.; Tavera, Jose; Burress, Edward D.; Muñoz, Martha M.; Cowman, Peter F.; Near, Thomas J. (2025-05-07). "Phylogenomics establishes an Early Miocene reconstruction of reef vertebrate diversity". Science Advances. 11 (19) eadu6149. Bibcode:2025SciA...11.6149B. doi:10.1126/sciadv.adu6149. PMC 12057688. PMID 40333985.
- ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pseudolabrinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 August 2025.