Macropharyngodon geoffroy

Macropharyngodon geoffroy

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Labriformes

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: Macropharyngodon
Species: Macropharyngodon geoffroy

Name

Macropharyngodon geoffroy (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Lectotype: MNHN A-9200. [Paralectotypes: MNHN B-2775 (ex MNHN A-9200) (2)]. Lectotype designated by Randall, 1978:747.

Type locality: Hawaiian Islands, U.S.A.

Synonyms

• Julis geoffroy Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
• Labrus margaritiferus Cuvier, 1829
• Macropharyngodon aquilolo Jenkins, 1901
• Macropharyngodon geoffroyi (misspelling) (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

References

• Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard 1824-25: Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M. "L'Uranie" et "La Physicienne," pendant les années 1817, 1818, 1819 et 1820. Paris. Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. : 192–401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65.
• 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.
• Macropharyngodon geoffroy in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Geoffroy's Wrasse