Snooty wrasse

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The snooty wrasse (Cheilinus oxycephalus), also known as the red maori wrasse, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is a widespread Indo-Pacific reef fish.[2]

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Snooty wrasse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Cheilinus
Species:
C. oxycephalus
Binomial name
Cheilinus oxycephalus
Bleeker, 1853
Synonyms[2]
  • Cheilinus sanguineus Valenciennes, 1840
  • Cheilinus ketlitzii Valenciennes, 1840
  • Cheilinus calophthalmus Günther, 1867
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