Wetmorella nigropinnata

The sharpnose wrasse or possum wrasse (Wetmorella nigropinnata) is a species of wrasse native to the Indo-Pacific region, from the Red Sea across to Pitcairn Island.[2] They live in coral reefs. They were a minor importance for commercial fisheries and it could be found in the aquarium trade.

Wetmorella nigropinnata
Wetmorella nigropinnata (Seale, 1901)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Wetmorella
Species:
W. nigropinnata
Binomial name
Wetmorella nigropinnata
(Seale, 1901)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cheilinus nigropinnatus Seale, 1901
  • Wetmorella philippina Fowler & Bean, 1928
  • Wetmorella ocellata Schultz & Marshall, 1954
  • Wetmorella triocellata Schultz & Marshall, 1954

References
  1. Bertoncini, A. & Yeeting, B. (2010). "Wetmorella nigropinnata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T187407A8527317. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187407A8527317.en. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Wetmorella nigropinnata" in FishBase. August 2019 version.


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