Leptojulis cyanopleura (Bleeker, 1853)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Leptojulis cyanopleura, the shoulder-spot wrasse, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the Indo-West Pacific from the Gulf of Oman, Socotra and the Persian Gulf, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, southwest India, Malaysia and Singapore and through the Malay Archipelago and the Philippines to the Solomon Islands south to Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia and New South Wales in Australia. This species forms harems, consisting of a single male and a number of females, in areas with rubble and weed where the water is turbid and rich in plankton, on which this species feeds.
Wikipedia contributors, Leptojulis cyanopleura; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:02:42.559412+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Leptojulis cyanopleura (Bleeker, 1853)
- Name authority
- (Bleeker, 1853)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Leptojulis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyLabridae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyJulidinae Bonaparte, 1841
- genusLeptojulis Bleeker, 1862
- speciesLeptojulis cyanopleura (Bleeker, 1853)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Leptojulis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Leptojulis lambdastigma Randall & Ferraris, 1981 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leptojulis polylepis Randall, 1996 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leptojulis chrysotaenia Randall & Ferraris, 1981 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Leptojulis urostigma Randall, 1996 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Halichoeres cyanopleura (Bleeker, 1853) (Bleeker, 1853) | synonym |
| Julis cyanopleura Bleeker, 1853 Bleeker, 1853 | synonym |
| Leptojulis pyrrhogrammatoides (Bleeker, 1853) (Bleeker, 1853) | synonym |
| Julis pyrrhogrammatoides Bleeker, 1853 Bleeker, 1853 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281319 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3TQMZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.