Stethojulis

Stethojulis is a genus of wrasses native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans.^[1]

Stethojulis
Stethojulis strigiventer
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Tribe:	Julidini
Genus:	Stethojulis Günther, 1861
Type species
Julis strigiventer E. T. Bennett, 1833
Synonyms
Hinalea D. S. Jordan & E. K. Jordan, 1922 Rhytejulis Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[1]

• Stethojulis albovittata (Bonnaterre, 1788) (blue-lined wrasse)

A male blue-lined wrasse Stethojulis albovittata.

• Stethojulis balteata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (belted wrasse)
• Stethojulis bandanensis (Bleeker, 1851) (red-shoulder wrasse)
• Stethojulis interrupta (Bleeker, 1851) (cutribbon wrasse)
• Stethojulis maculata P. J. Schmidt, 1931
• Stethojulis marquesensis J. E. Randall, 2000
• Stethojulis notialis J. E. Randall, 2000
• Stethojulis strigiventer (E. T. Bennett, 1833) (three-ribbon wrasse)

A three-ribbon wrasse Stethojulis strigiventer.

• Stethojulis terina D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902
• Stethojulis trilineata (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (three-lined rainbowfish)