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View Mode View All Pictures Species Doratonotus megalepis Günther    Doratonotus megalepis was originally described as Doratonotus megalepis by Günther in 1862. It belongs to the family Labridae. It is commonly known as Dwarf wrasse and is known dwarf wrasse in USA (contiguous states), Dwarf wrasse in Bahamas, Doncella enana in Cuba. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Western Atlantic and eastern Atlantic (Cape Verde Islands).   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   megalepis AuthorWI   Günther [A.] AuthorNI   Günther Qualification   --- Year   1862 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Labriformes Labriformes Family   Labridae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Doratonotus Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Labriformes Family   Labridae Genus   Doratonotus Original Name   Doratonotus         Taxon Name   megalepis Original Combination   Doratonotus megalepis Original Genus   Doratonotus Original Genus Species   Doratonotus megalepis OriginalSubGenus   Doratonotus Original Author   Günther Original AuthorWI   Günther [A.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1862 Original Family   Labridae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   St. Christopher, West Indies. Primary Code   Holotype (unique) Primary Type   BMNH 2012.11.10.2 Journal   Cat. Fishes Citation   v. 4 Page   125 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Doratonotus megalepis Current Species   megalepis Current Genus   Doratonotus Current AuthorWI   Metzelaar [J.] Current AuthorNI   Metzelaar Current Year   1862 Current Family   Labridae Current Subfamily   --- --- Habitat demersal         Water Salt water Habitat Notes Inhabits shallow beds of turtle grass (@Thalassia@). Common but seldom noticed (Ref. 9710). Depth Range From 1 to 15 meters.     Distribution Western Atlantic and eastern Atlantic (Cape Verde Islands). Current Summary   Valid as Doratonotus megalepis  Günther 1862. Labridae.   Name History   • Valid as Doratonotus megalepis  Günther 1862 -- (Robins & Ray 1986:202 [ref. 23100], Gomon & Forsyth 1990:873 [ref. 19219], Boschung 1992:155 [ref. 23239], Cervigón 1992:346 [ref. 23827], Cervigón 1993:404 [ref. 24474], Smith-Vaniz et al. 1999:292 [ref. 25013], Afonso et al. 1999:85 [ref. 25466], Parenti & Randall 2000:17 [ref. 24943], Schmitter-Soto et al. 2000:164 [ref. 27754], Collette et al. 2003:116 [ref. 26784], Westneat 2003:1709 [ref. 27105], Moura et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:92 [ref. 27192], Smith et al. 2003:43 [ref. 27621], Nelson et al. 2004:155 [ref. 27807], McEachran & Fechhelm 2005:512 [ref. 28815], Wirtz et al. 2007:37 [ref. 30263], Page et al. 2013:160 [ref. 32708],Wirtz et al. 2013:130 [ref. 32972], Smith-Vaniz & Jelks 2014:62 [ref. 33341]). Common Names  Common Names Picture  Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (5 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   boekei Doratonotus boekei Metzelaar [J.] 1919 Synonym decoratus Doratonotus decoratus Evermann [B. W.] & Marsh [M. C.] 1899 Spelling decoris Doratonotus decoris Evermann [B. W.] & Marsh [M. C.] 1899 Synonym thalassinus Doratonotus thalassinus Jordan [D. S.] & Gilbert [C. H.] 1884 Synonym wetmorelloides Doratonotus wetmorelloides (Bauchot [M.-L.] & Blanc [M.] 1961) Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 1 (5 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…