Genus Stethojulis Günther, 1861

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• Stethojulis Günther, A. 1861. A preliminary synopsis of the labroid genera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 8(38): 382-389 [386].

  Type species:

   Julis strigiventer Bennett, 1832 by subsequent designation, see Jordan, D.S. 1919. The genera of fishes. Part 3. Stanford University Publications, University Series 39: 285-410 [308].

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

LABRIDAE: Stethojulis axillaris (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [restricted to Hawaiian Islands] — Randall, J.E. & Kay, J.C. 1974. Stethojulis axillaris, a junior synonym of the Hawaiian labrid fish Stethojulis balteata, with a key to the species of the genus. Pacific Science 28(2): 101-107 fig. 1 pl. 1 [103] (now regarded as a junior synonym of Stethojulis balteata)

LABRIDAE: Stethojulis maculata Schmidt, 1931 [restricted to Japan] — Parenti, P. & Randall, J.E. 2011. Checklist of the species of the families Labridae and Scaridae: an update. Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin 13: 29-44 [40]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

General References

Allen, G.R. & Erdmann, M.V. 2012. Reef fishes of the East Indies. Perth : Tropical Reef Research 3 vols, 1260 pp.

Randall, J.E. 2000. Revision of the Indo-Pacific labrid fishes of the genus Stethojulis, with descriptions of two new species. Indo-Pacific Fishes 31: 1-42 figs 1-9

Randall, J.E. 2005. Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands. Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press 707 pp.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Mar-2024	LABRIDAE	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Matthew Lockett (ABRS)
13-Apr-2023	LABRIDAE	12-Jan-2024	MODIFIED
27-Jul-2017	LABROIDEI	07-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM)
		27-Jul-2010	MODIFIED