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Hogfishes, Cales and Tuskfishes
Hypsigenyinae
The hypsigenyine wrasses or tuskfishes are saltwater fish of the subfamily Hypsigenyinae, a subgroup of the wrasse family (Labridae). The group is circumglobal, being found in almost all the of world's shallow tropical marine waters, although some species are also found in temperate zones. The former family Odacidae, containing the cales and weed whitings, is also now known to be nested within this subfamily.
10 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 108 known species
Hogfishes
genusBodianus
Cales and Weed Whitings
tribeOdacini
Blue Gropers
genusAchoerodus
Tuskfishes
genusChoerodon
Lachnolaimus
genusLachnolaimus
Pseudodax
genusPseudodax
Anchichoerops
genusAnchichoerops
Decodon
genusDecodon
Polylepion
genusPolylepion
Terelabrus
genusTerelabrus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1624583.