Suezichthys

Suezichthys
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Slender Wrasse (S. gracilis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Suezichthys J. L. B. Smith, 1958
Type species
Labrichthys caudavittatus Steindachner, 1898
Synonyms
Suezia J. L. B. Smith, 1957 (preoccupied in Calanoida, Crustacea (Suezia R. Gurney, 1927 - jr. synonym of Ridgewayia I. Thompson & A. Scott, 1903)) Nelabrichthys B. C. Russell, 1983

Suezichthys is a genus of wrasses native to the southeastern Atlantic Ocean through the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:

• Suezichthys arquatus B. C. Russell, 1985 (rainbow slender wrasse)
• Suezichthys aylingi B. C. Russell, 1985 (crimson cleaner fish)
• Suezichthys bifurcatus B. C. Russell, 1986 (striped trawl wrasse)
• Suezichthys caudavittatus (Steindachner, 1898) (spottail wrasse)
• Suezichthys cyanolaemus B. C. Russell, 1985 (bluethroat rainbow wrasse)
• Suezichthys devisi (Whitley, 1941) (gracilis wrasse)
• Suezichthys gracilis (Steindachner & Döderlein (de), 1887) (slender wrasse)
• Suezichthys notatus (Kamohara, 1958) (northern rainbow wrasse)
• Suezichthys ornatus (Carmichael, 1819)
• Suezichthys rosenblatti B. C. Russell & Westneat, 2013 (spotted rainbow wrasse)
• Suezichthys russelli J. E. Randall, 1981 (Russell's wrasse)
• Suezichthys soelae B. C. Russell, 1985 (Soela wrasse)