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''Pseudocheilinus'' is a
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
wrasse The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine ray-finned fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 81 genera, which are divided into nine subgroups or tribes. They are typically small, ...
s native to the Indian and
Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean, or, depending on the definition, to Antarctica in the south, and is bounded by the cont ...
Oceans.


Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Pseudocheilinus citrinus'' J. E. Randall, 1999 * '' Pseudocheilinus dispilus'' J. E. Randall, 1999 * '' Pseudocheilinus evanidus'' D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903 (striated wrasse) * ''
Pseudocheilinus hexataenia The six-line wrasse (''Pseudocheilinus hexataenia'') is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae which has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution. This species is associated with coral reefs and can be found in the aquarium trade. ...
'' ( Bleeker, 1857) (six-line wrasse) * '' Pseudocheilinus ocellatus'' J. E. Randall, 1999 (white-barred wrasse) * '' Pseudocheilinus octotaenia'' O. P. Jenkins, 1901 (eight-lined wrasse) * '' Pseudocheilinus tetrataenia'' L. P. Schultz, 1960 (four-lined wrasse)


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q2183273 Labridae Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker Marine fish genera