Semicossyphus pulcher

**Semicossyphus pulcher**
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Instance of	taxon;
IUCN conservation status	Vulnerable;
Common name
	English: California sheephead, California Sheephead; مصرى: بولكر نصف زيفوس; čeština: pyskoun guadalupský; español: Vieja De California; فارسی: ماهی کله‌گوسفندی کالیفرنیایی; français: Labre Californien; עברית: שפתן ראשתני קליפורני; magyar: Kaliforniai birkafejű hal; македонски: калифорниска овцоглавка; ไทย: ปลาหัวแกะแคลิฟอร์เนีย; Türkçe: Kaliforniya davarbaşı; 中文: 美麗突額隆頭魚;
Taxonomy
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Superphylum	Deuterostomia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Megaclass	Osteichthyes
Superclass	Actinopterygii
Class	Actinopteri
Subclass	Neopterygii
Infraclass	Teleostei
Megacohort	Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohort	Clupeocephala
Cohort	Euteleostei
Subcohort	Neoteleostei
Infracohort	Eurypterygia
Section	Ctenosquamata
Subsection	Acanthomorphata
Division	Acanthopterygii
Subdivision	Percomorphaceae
Series	Eupercaria
Order	Labriformes
Suborder	Labroidei
Family	Labridae
Genus	Semicossyphus
Species	Semicossyphus pulcher
Original combination	Labrus pulcher
Taxon author	William Orville Ayres, 1854
Authority file
	Q601000; IUCN taxon ID: 61340; NCBI taxonomy ID: 241346; ITIS TSN: 170744; BioLib taxon ID: 155734; GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update): 2384402; WoRMS-ID for taxa: 282753; FishBase species ID: 3671; ARKive ID (archived): semicossyphus-pulcher, california-sheephead/semicossyphus-pulcher; iNaturalist taxon ID: 53699; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 52784; ADW taxon ID: Semicossyphus_pulcher; uBio ID: 138536; IRMNG ID: 10148887
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Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Semicossyphus pulcher']

English: California sheephead, California Sheephead, The California sheephead is a fish native to the eastern Pacific Ocean.
مصرى: بولكر نصف زيفوس
čeština: pyskoun guadalupský
español: Vieja De California
فارسی: ماهی کله‌گوسفندی کالیفرنیایی
français: Labre Californien
עברית: שפתן ראשתני קליפורני
magyar: Kaliforniai birkafejű hal
македонски: калифорниска овцоглавка
ไทย: ปลาหัวแกะแคลิฟอร์เนีย
Türkçe: Kaliforniya davarbaşı
中文: 美麗突額隆頭魚

Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Cladus: Osteichthyes • Classis: Actinopterygii • Ordo: Perciformes • Familia: Labridae • Genus: Semicossyphus • Species: Semicossyphus pulcher