Iniistius melanopus
Iniistius melanopus, the yellowpatch razorfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the Indo-West Pacific. [1]
| Iniistius melanopus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Iniistius |
| Species: | I. melanopus |
| Binomial name | |
| Iniistius melanopus Bleeker, 1857 | |
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This species reaches a length of 26.0 cm (10.2 in).[2]
References
- Masuda, H., K. Amaoka, C. Araga, T. Uyeno and T. Yoshino, 1984. The fishes of the Japanese Archipelago. Vol. 1. Tokai University Press, Tokyo, Japan. 437 p. (text).Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 2000. Catalog of fishes. Updated database version of February 2000. Catalog databases as made available on the Internet at Feb. 20, 2000.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Iniistius melanopus" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
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