Semicossyphus pulcher

Semicossyphus pulcher

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Labroidei
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Subclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Superordo: Acanthopterygii Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Labroidei

Familia: Labridae
Genus: Semicossyphus
Species: Semicossyphus pulcher

Name

Semicossyphus pulcher (Ayres, 1854)

Holotype: No types known.

Type locality: San Diego, California, U.S.A.

Synonyms

• Labrus pulcher Ayres, 1854
• Pimelometopon pulcher (Ayres, 1854)

References

• Ayres, W.O. 1854: [Description of new fishes from California.] (Minutes of Academy meetings were printed in "The Pacific" (a newspaper) shortly after each meeting. New species date to publication in The Pacific. The Pacific [newspaper] 3 & 4 (thru no. 6).
• 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.
• FishBase link : species Semicossyphus pulcher (Mirror site)

Vernacular names

English: California Sheephead