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GBIF·2383704speciesAnimalia0 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderPerciformes
  4. ›familyLabridae
  5. ›genusXiphocheilus
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Blue-banded wrasse

Xiphocheilus typus Bleeker, 1856

Also calledHohosuji Bera (jpn) · 剑唇鱼 (zho) · 四斑剑唇鱼 (zho)

First described in: Bleeker, P. (1856). Bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van het eiland Nias. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 12 (no. 1): 211-228.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2383704.