Dotalabrus aurantiacus (Castelnau, 1872) is a animal in the Labridae family, order Perciformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Dotalabrus aurantiacus (Castelnau, 1872)

Dotalabrus aurantiacus (Castelnau, 1872)

Castelnau's wrasse (Dotalabrus aurantiacus) is an Indian Ocean Australian wrasse, type species of its genus.

Family
Genus
Dotalabrus
Order
Perciformes
Class

About Dotalabrus aurantiacus (Castelnau, 1872)

Dotalabrus aurantiacus (Castelnau, 1872), commonly called Castelnau's wrasse, is a species of wrasse. It is native to the Australian coasts along the Indian Ocean. This species is the type species of the genus Dotalabrus. Its type locality is Adelaide, St. Vincent Gulf, South Australia.

Photo: (c) Erik Schlögl, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Erik Schlögl · cc-by-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Perciformes Labridae Dotalabrus

More from Labridae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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