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Parrotwrasses
Pseudolabrinae
The pseudolabrine wrasses or parrotwrasses (not to be confused with parrotfish) are saltwater fish of the subfamily Pseudolabrinae, a subgroup of the wrasse family. They are distributed throughout the temperate Pacific and Indian Oceans, being absent from tropical (low latitude) waters, with the exception of Doratonotus, which inhabits the tropical Atlantic.
8 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 38 known species

Notolabrus
genusNotolabrus

Pseudolabrus
genusPseudolabrus

Pictilabrus
genusPictilabrus

Eupetrichthys
genusEupetrichthys

Austrolabrus
genusAustrolabrus

Suezichthys
genusSuezichthys

Dotalabrus
genusDotalabrus

Doratonotus
genusDoratonotus
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 1624588.