Green wrasse
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| Green wrasse | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Notolabrus |
| Species: | N. inscriptus |
| Binomial name | |
| Notolabrus inscriptus (Richardson, 1848) |
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The green wrasse, Notolabrus inscriptus, is a wrasse of the genus Notolabrus. It is found in eastern Australia including Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island, the Kermadec Islands, and the north east coast of the North Island in New Zealand, in reef areas at depths of between 5 and 20 m. Its length is between 30 and 60 cm.
[edit] References
- "Notolabrus inscriptus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=614017. Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2006). "Notolabrus inscriptus" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
- Wade Doak, A Photographic Guide to Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 2003) ISBN 1-877246-95-6
