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![(Acantholabrus - MLFPI247) @12 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MLFPI/MLFPI247%2B1291044790.JPG "(Acantholabrus - MLFPI247) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Anampses - UG0994) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LIFSA/UG0994_9573%2B1237225574.jpg "(Anampses - UG0994) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009)")
![(Anchichoerops - KIIIA2-1) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial (2013) Allan Connell South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/TZSAL/K_III_A2%2B1447858222.jpg "(Anchichoerops - KIIIA2-1) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial (2013)")
![(Bodianus - HLC-11025) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/TZAIC/HLC-11025%2B1148159964.jpg "(Bodianus - HLC-11025) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Centrolabrus - AF0032) @12 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SFM/AF0032%2B1371678116.JPG "(Centrolabrus - AF0032) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Cheilinus - NBE0652) @14 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SBF/NBE0652%2B1210527472.JPG "(Cheilinus - NBE0652) {} [ ] No Rights Reserved")
![(Cheilio - NBE1425) @14 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/IPCOM/NBE_1425_DSC_4389%2B1210977712.JPG "(Cheilio - NBE1425) {} [ ] No Rights Reserved")
![(Choerodon - UG1060) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LIFSA/UG1060_9796%2B1237474594.jpg "(Choerodon - UG1060) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009)")
![(Cirrhilabrus - aq913crmal) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013) Benjamin Victor Benjamin Victor](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LIDMA/aq913crmal%2B1379536356.jpg "(Cirrhilabrus - aq913crmal) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2013)")
![(Clepticus - MFLVI3018) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Jose Angel Cohuo Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MFLVI/MFLVI3018%2B1276884168.jpg "(Clepticus - MFLVI3018) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Coris - HvdB-01-2010-23) @15 [ ] No Rights Reserved (2010) Frederick Hermanus Van der Bank University of Johannesburg](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/HVDB/IMG_3765%2B1265032140.JPG "(Coris - HvdB-01-2010-23) {} [ ] No Rights Reserved (2010)")
![(Ctenolabrus - NHMO-f-545) @12 [ ] Copyright Natural History Museum, University of Oslo Natural History Museum, University of Oslo](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/NOFIS/545%2B1277826288.jpg "(Ctenolabrus - NHMO-f-545) {} [ ] Copyright")
![(Cymolutes - MAL-061) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012) SAIAB SAIAB](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SAIAD/MAL-061%2B1291813152.JPG "(Cymolutes - MAL-061) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2012)")
![(Decodon - FWRI_04589) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2022) Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Fish and Wildlife Research Institute](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/FLBAR/DSC_7838%2B1651587926.JPG "(Decodon - FWRI_04589) {} [ ] by-nc-sa (2022)")
![(Diproctacanthus - nt4522) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2016) Benjamin Victor Benjamin Victor](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LIDMA/nt4522%2B1333836122.jpg "(Diproctacanthus - nt4522) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2016)")
![(Doratonotus - MFL0080) @14 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MFL/MFL0080%2B1147462182.JPG "(Doratonotus - MFL0080) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Epibulus - MBIO553.4) @15 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MBFA/MBIO553_1%2B1171627380.jpg "(Epibulus - MBIO553.4) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Gomphosus - HLC-11104) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/TZAIC/HLC-11104%2B1148159432.jpg "(Gomphosus - HLC-11104) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Halichoeres - HLC-11023) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/TZAIC/HLC-11023%2B1148159810.jpg "(Halichoeres - HLC-11023) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Hemigymnus - F075-1) @14 [ ] Copyright (2011) Ruby Moothien Pillay Mauritius Oceanography Institute](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/FSHMU/F075-1%2B1302526478.jpg "(Hemigymnus - F075-1) {} [ ] Copyright (2011)")
![(Hologymnosus - NBE1309) @14 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/IPCOM/NBE_1309_DSC_3445%2B1210794074.JPG "(Hologymnosus - NBE1309) {} [ ] No Rights Reserved")
![(Iniistius - AV2010-080) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011) SAIAB SAIAB](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SAIAD/AV2010-080-3500%2B1320957544.jpg "(Iniistius - AV2010-080) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2011)")
![(Labrichthys - UG0280) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LIFS/UG0280_7454%2B1233760168.jpg "(Labrichthys - UG0280) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009)")
![(Labridae_gen - S0008_001) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017) Henitsoa Jaonalison IH.SM, Toliara, Madagascar](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/IFBIO/S0008_001%2B1491247638.jpg "(Labridae_gen - S0008_001) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2017)")
![(Labroides - HLC-12211) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/TZAIC/HLC-12211%2B1149250002.jpg "(Labroides - HLC-12211) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Labropsis - MBIO1765) @14 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/IPCOM/MBIO1765_1%2B1171627200%2B1290617858.jpg "(Labropsis - MBIO1765) {} [ ] No Rights Reserved")
![(Labrus - MLFPI217) @14 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MLFPI/MLFPI217%2B1288899698.JPG "(Labrus - MLFPI217) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Lachnolaimus - MX1278) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MXII/MXII_1278%2B1290455426.JPG "(Lachnolaimus - MX1278) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Larabicus - SMNHTAU P.15306) @11 [ ] No Rights Reserved Roi Holzman The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences Eilat](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/GOAIL/SMNHTAU_P.15306%2B1515771802.jpg "(Larabicus - SMNHTAU P.15306) {} [ ] No Rights Reserved")
![(Leptojulis - je14lc550) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2014) Benjamin Victor Benjamin Victor](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LIDMA/je14lc550%2B1394650462.jpg "(Leptojulis - je14lc550) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2014)")
![(Macropharyngodon - HLC-11100) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/TZAIC/HLC-11100%2B1148074106.jpg "(Macropharyngodon - HLC-11100) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Notolabrus - IMOSLarvalFish132) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Conmmercial Share-Alike (2021) Unspecified CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/FIMOS/132_MAI20181019A_1wk_ventral%2B1634546100.jpg "(Notolabrus - IMOSLarvalFish132) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Conmmercial Share-Alike (2021)")
![(Novaculichthys - HLC-11113) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/TZAIC/HLC-11113%2B1148140856.jpg "(Novaculichthys - HLC-11113) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Novaculoides - Nm-NVM-002) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2023) Thomas Mkare Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/KMFRI/Nv-NVM-002%2B1695044424.jpeg "(Novaculoides - Nm-NVM-002) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2023)")
![(Oxycheilinus - KUT 5569) @14 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute (KUBI) Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/KUBIV/T5569%2B1327953550.jpg "(Oxycheilinus - KUT 5569) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Oxyjulis - Ft-1478) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2015) Unspecified Dayton High School](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SDP347/FT-1478%2B1425055984.jpg "(Oxyjulis - Ft-1478) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Share-Alike (2015)")
![(Paracheilinus - HLC-12243) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/TZAIC/HLC-12243%2B1149890508.jpg "(Paracheilinus - HLC-12243) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010)")
![(Parajulis - SCS61) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2019) Unspecified Guangdong Ocean University](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SCS/SCSHG61%2B1552805002.jpg "(Parajulis - SCS61) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2019)")
![(Pictilabrus - IMOSLarvalFish99) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Conmmercial Share-Alike (2021) Unspecified CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/FIMOS/99_MAI20190107B_towB_lateral%2B1634546040.jpg "(Pictilabrus - IMOSLarvalFish99) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Conmmercial Share-Alike (2021)")
![(Polylepion - MBIO1871) @13 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/IPCOM/MBIO1871_1%2B1171627620%2B1290617974.jpg "(Polylepion - MBIO1871) {} [ ] No Rights Reserved")
![(Pseudocheilinus - SAIAB 77086-T185) @14 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SAIAB/Pseudocheilinus_hexataenia__T185%2B1161879314.JPG "(Pseudocheilinus - SAIAB 77086-T185) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Pseudocoris - dej14py325) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2014) Benjamin Victor Benjamin Victor](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LIDMA/dej14py325%2B1391116934.jpg "(Pseudocoris - dej14py325) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2014)")
![(Pseudodax - NBE0382) @14 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/IPCOM/NBE_0382_DSC_1844%2B1210366250.JPG "(Pseudodax - NBE0382) {} [ ] No Rights Reserved")
![(Pseudojuloides - je315p700) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) Benjamin Victor Benjamin Victor](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LIDMA/je315p700%2B1428082648.jpg "(Pseudojuloides - je315p700) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015)")
![(Pseudolabrus - IMOSLarvalFish80) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Conmmercial Share-Alike (2021) Unspecified CSIRO Australian National Fish Collection](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/FIMOS/80_MAI20181019B_towB_ventral%2B1634546040.jpg "(Pseudolabrus - IMOSLarvalFish80) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Conmmercial Share-Alike (2021)")
![(Pteragogus - UG0682) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LIFS/UG0682_8703%2B1235402924.jpg "(Pteragogus - UG0682) {} [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009)")
![(Sagittalarva - b23so1441) @11 [ ] by-nc-sa (2023) Benjamin Victor Benjamin Victor](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/LIDMA/b23so1441%2B1678694285.jpg "(Sagittalarva - b23so1441) {} [ ] by-nc-sa (2023)")
![(Semicossyphus - SEPU-09) @14 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/CINP/SEPU-09%2B1288036998.jpg "(Semicossyphus - SEPU-09) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Stethojulis - M0301_231) @15 [ ] Copyright (2015) Henitsoa JAONALISON IH.SM](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/COLOR/M0301_231%2B1429021382.jpg "(Stethojulis - M0301_231) {} [ ] Copyright (2015)")
![(Symphodus - AF0005) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SFM/AF0005a%2B1371677400.JPG "(Symphodus - AF0005) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Tautogolabrus - 09-086) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/SCFAD/SC086%2B1227194238.JPG "(Tautogolabrus - 09-086) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
![(Thalassoma - MBIO0221) @15 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/IPCOM/MBIO221_1%2B1171627200%2B1290616620.jpg "(Thalassoma - MBIO0221) {} [ ] No Rights Reserved")
![(Wetmorella - MBIO0110) @14 [ ] No Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/IPCOM/MBIO110_1%2B1171626960%2B1290616540.jpg "(Wetmorella - MBIO0110) {} [ ] No Rights Reserved")
![(Xenojulis - VIS-193) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons Attribution Non-Commercial (by-nc) (2015) Unspecified Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/PHIVS/USNM_435540_photograph_VIS-193_82mmSL_VIS-2015-35%2B1530904758.JPG "(Xenojulis - VIS-193) {} [ ] CreativeCommons Attribution Non-Commercial (by-nc) (2015)")
![(Xiphocheilus - DNSC_2018_019A) @11 [ ] Copyright (2024) Unspecified Davao del Norte State College](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MINDA/DNSC_2018_019A%2B1706574944.JPG "(Xiphocheilus - DNSC_2018_019A) {} [ ] Copyright (2024)")
![(Xyrichtys - MFLS3888) @13 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Jose Angel Cohuo Unspecified](http://v3.boldsystems.org/pics/_w300/MFLS/MFLS3888%2B1287589696.jpg "(Xyrichtys - MFLS3888) {} [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved")
