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Choerodon Bleeker, 1849
Taxonomic Serial No.: 170751

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Choerops Rüppell, 1852
		Lienardella Fowler and Bean, 1928
		Peaolopesia Smith, 1949
		Aspiurochilus Fowler, 1956
		Choerodonoides Kamohara, 1958
		Cossyphodes Bleeker, 1860
		Hypsigenys Günther, 1861
		Torresia Castelnau, 1875
		Macrochoerodon Fowler and Bean, 1928
	Common Name(s):	tuskfishes [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2004

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Acanthopterygii
	Order	Perciformes – perch-like fishes
	Suborder	Labroidei – parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, poissons-perroquets
	Family	Labridae Cuvier, 1816 – rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, labridés, doncellas y señoritas
	Genus	Choerodon Bleeker, 1849 – tuskfishes
		Direct Children:
	Species	Choerodon anchorago (Bloch, 1791) – orangedotted tuskfish
	Species	Choerodon azurio (Jordan and Snyder, 1901)
	Species	Choerodon cauteroma Gomon and Allen, 1987
	Species	Choerodon cephalotes (Castelnau, 1875) – purple tuskfish
	Species	Choerodon cyanodus (Richardson, 1843) – bluetoothed tuskfish
	Species	Choerodon fasciatus (Günther, 1867) – harlequin tuskfish
	Species	Choerodon frenatus Ogilby, 1910
	Species	Choerodon gomoni Allen and Randall, 2002
	Species	Choerodon graphicus (De Vis, 1885)
	Species	Choerodon gymnogenys (Günther in Playfair and Günther, 1867)
	Species	Choerodon jordani (Snyder, 1908)
	Species	Choerodon margaritiferus Fowler and Bean, 1928
	Species	Choerodon melanostigma Fowler and Bean, 1928
	Species	Choerodon monostigma Ogilby, 1910
	Species	Choerodon oligacanthus (Bleeker, 1851)
	Species	Choerodon paynei Whitley, 1945
	Species	Choerodon robustus (Günther, 1862) – swordlipped wrasse
	Species	Choerodon rubescens (Günther, 1862)
	Species	Choerodon schoenleinii (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1839) – blackspot tuskfish
	Species	Choerodon sugillatum Gomon, 1987
	Species	Choerodon venustus (De Vis, 1884) – pinksided tuskfish, Venus tuskfish
	Species	Choerodon vitta Ogilby, 1910 – striped tuskfish
	Species	Choerodon zamboangae (Seale and Bean, 1907)
	Species	Choerodon zosterophorus (Bleeker, 1868)

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:
	Notes:
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)
	Acquired:	2004
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Choerodon

	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 21-May-2001, website (version Feb-2000)
	Acquired:	2001
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Choerodon

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Choerodon

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
	Publication Date:	1998
	Article/Chapter Title:	Catalog of Fishes
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
	Page(s):	2905
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, California, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-47-5
	Notes:	Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
	Reference for:	Choerodon

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Parenti, Paola, and John E. Randall
	Publication Date:	2000
	Article/Chapter Title:	An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, no. 68
	Page(s):	97
	Publisher:	J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
	Publication Place:	Rhodes Univ., Grahamstown, South Africa
	ISBN/ISSN:	0073-4381
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Choerodon

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Shiino, Sueo M.
	Publication Date:	1976
	Article/Chapter Title:	List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4
	Page(s):	262
	Publisher:	Shima Marineland
	Publication Place:	Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan
	ISBN/ISSN:	0385-1109
	Notes:
	Reference for:	tuskfishes[English]

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