Parajulis

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = KyusenOsu.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn | author1 = Shea, S. | author2 = Liu, M. | author3 = Craig, M.T. | name-list-style = amp | year = 2010 | title = Parajulis poecilopterus | page = e.T187387A8521600 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187387A8521600.en | access-date = 24 January 2020}}

| parent_authority = Bleeker, 1865

| taxon = Parajulis poecilopterus

| authority = (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)

| synonyms =

• Julis poecilopterus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
• Julis pyrrhogramma Temminck & Schlegel, 1845
• Julis thirsites J. Richardson, 1846
• Julis poecilopterus J. Richardson, 1846
• Halichoeres poecilopterus (J. Richardson, 1846)

| synonyms_ref = {{FishBase|Parajulis|poecilepterus|month=August|year=2019}}

}}

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Parajulis poecilopterus is a species of wrasse native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean along the coast of Asia. It is an inshore species, being found in areas with a substrate of pebbles. This species grows to {{convert|34|cm|in|abbr=on}} in total length. This species is commercially important and is also farmed. It is popular as a game fish and can also be found in the aquarium trade. This species is the only known member of its genus and was originally formally described by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel as Julis poecilepterus in 1845 with the type locality given as the Bay of Sinabara in Japan.{{Cof record|spid=50553|title=Julis poecilopterus|access-date=24 January 2020}}