RESEARCH ARTICLE
A checklist of wrasses (Labridae) and parrotfishes (Scaridae) of the
world: 2017 update
Paolo Parenti &
John E. Randall
Abstract
The wrasse family Labridae sensu stricto contains 548 species at latest count at the end of 2017. The previous
checklist by Parenti & Randall (2011) included 504 species: the additional species represent new discoveries (41
new species) plus resurrections from synonymy (6) minus species names synonymized (3). The total number
of genera is maintained at 70 as two new genera have been erected (Sagittalarva Victor, Alfaro & Sorenson,
2013 for Pseudojuloides inornatus (Gilbert, 1890) and Novaculops Schultz, 1960, removed from synonymy
with Xyrichtys Cuvier, 1814), and two genera have been synonymized: Nelabrichthys Russell, 1983 is a junior
synonym of Suezichthys Smith, 1958 (Russell & Westneat 2013) and Xiphocheilus Bleeker, 1856 is now regarded
as a subgenus of Choerodon Bleeker, 1847 (Gomon 2017). There are some discrepancies with the total number of
labrid species (558) reported by the Catalog of Fishes by Eschmeyer et al. (2018) and they are discussed herein.
Only one species of parrotfish (Scaridae) has been described as new since the last checklist in 2011.
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CITATION:
Parenti, P. & Randall, J.E. (2018) A checklist of wrasses (Labridae) and parrotfishes (Scaridae) of the
world: 2017 update. Journal of the
Ocean Science Foundation, 30, 11-27
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1247552
publication date: 16 May 2018
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