Wetmorella
Genus of fishes
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Wetmorella is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.[2]
| Wetmorella | |
|---|---|
| W. nigropinnata | |
| W. albofasciata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Subfamily: | Cheilininae |
| Genus: | Wetmorella Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928 |
| Type species | |
| Wetmorella philippina Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928[1] | |
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:[2]
- Wetmorella albofasciata L. P. Schultz & N. B. Marshall, 1954 (white-banded sharpnose wrasse)
- Wetmorella nigropinnata (Seale, 1901) (sharpnose wrasse)
- Wetmorella tanakai J. E. Randall & Kuiter, 2007 (Tanaka's wrasse)