Parajulis

Parajulis poecilopterus is a species of wrasse native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean along the coast of Asia. It is an inshore species, being found in areas with a substrate of pebbles. This species grows to 34 cm (13 in) in total length. This species is commercially important and is also farmed. It is popular as a game fish and can also be found in the aquarium trade.^[2] This species is the only known member of its genus and was originally formally described by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel as Julis poecilepterus in 1845 with the type locality given as the Bay of Sinabara in Japan.^[3]

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Actinopterygii

Order:Labriformes

Family:Labridae

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Parajulis
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Parajulis Bleeker, 1865
Species:	P. poecilopterus
Binomial name
Parajulis poecilopterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
Synonyms[2]
Julis poecilopterus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 Julis pyrrhogramma Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 Julis thirsites J. Richardson, 1846 Julis poecilopterus J. Richardson, 1846 Halichoeres poecilopterus (J. Richardson, 1846)

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