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

Photo of Dotalabrus aurantiacus (Castelnau, 1872) (Dotalabrus aurantiacus (Castelnau, 1872))
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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.

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Family
Genus
Dotalabrus
Order
Perciformes
Class

About Dotalabrus aurantiacus (Castelnau, 1872)

Species Nomenclature

Dotalabrus aurantiacus (Castelnau, 1872), commonly called Castelnau's wrasse, is a species of wrasse.

Native Distribution

It is native to the Australian coasts along the Indian Ocean.

Taxonomic Status

This species is the type species of the genus Dotalabrus.

Type Locality

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

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

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