| Semicossyphus | |
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| California sheephead (S. pulcher) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Tribe: | Hypsigenyini |
| Genus: | Semicossyphus Günther, 1861 |
| Type species | |
| Cossyphus reticulatus Valenciennes, 1839 | |
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Semicossyphus, commonly known as sheephead wrasses, are an invalid genus of wrasses native to the Pacific Ocean. It is now considered a synonym of Bodianus.
Taxonomy
Although at least the California and Asian sheephead wrasses have been shown forming a monophyletic group with each other, both have been found nested deep within the genus Bodianus, such that the genus Semicossyphus as a whole should be lumped into Bodianus.
Species
The species previously included in this genus are:
- Bodianus darwini (Jenyns, 1842) (Galápagos sheephead, goldspot sheepshead)
- Bodianus pulcher (Ayres, 1854) (California sheephead)
- Bodianus reticulatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (Asian sheepshead wrasse)
References
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Semicossyphus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Semicossyphus". FishBase. October 2013 version.
- ^ Santini, Francesco; Sorenson, Laurie; Alfaro, Michael E. (2016-06-01). "Phylogeny and biogeography of hogfishes and allies (Bodianus, Labridae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 1–6. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.02.011. ISSN 1055-7903.
- ^ Hughes, Lily C; Nash, Chloe M; White, William T; Westneat, Mark W (2023-06-17). Matschiner, Michael (ed.). "Concordance and Discordance in the Phylogenomics of the Wrasses and Parrotfishes (Teleostei: Labridae)". Systematic Biology. 72 (3): 530–543. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syac072. ISSN 1063-5157.
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