Julidinae

Julidinae
Temporal range: Possible Early Eocene record
Sunset wrasse (Thalassoma lutescens)
Eastern king wrasse (Coris sandeyeri)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Subfamily: Julidinae
Bonaparte, 1841
Genera

20., see text

The julidine wrasses are saltwater fish of the subfamily Julidinae, a subgroup of the wrasse family (Labridae). It contains the highest number of genera and species out of all the wrasse tribes, with 20 genera and over 200 species, comprising almost a third of all wrasse species.

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