Halichoeres

Halichoeres
Checkerboard wrasse (H. hortulanus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Halichoeres Rüppell, 1835
Type species
Halichoeres bimaculatus Rüppell, 1835
Synonyms
Artisia de Beaufort, 1939 Choerojulis T. N. Gill, 1862 Emmeekia D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 Guentheria Bleeker, 1862 Halinanodes Whitley, 1931 Hemitautoga Bleeker, 1862 Hemiulis Swainson, 1839 Iridio D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 Julichthys De Vis, 1885 (questionable) Julidio D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1896 Octocynodon Fowler, 1904 Platiglossus Klein, 1776 (not available) Platiglossus Walbaum, 1792 (not available) Platyglossus Bleeker, 1862 Pseudojulis Bleeker, 1862 Pusa D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1879

Halichoeres is a genus of wrasses found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.^[1]

Species

The 81 currently recognized species in this genus are:^[1][2]

• Halichoeres adustus (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (black wrasse)
• Halichoeres aestuaricola W. A. Bussing, 1972 (mangrove wrasse)
• Halichoeres argus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (argus wrasse)
• Halichoeres bathyphilus (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1932) (greenband wrasse)
• Halichoeres bicolor (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (pearly-spotted wrasse)
• Halichoeres binotopsis (Bleeker, 1849) (Saowisata wrasse)
• Halichoeres biocellatus L. P. Schultz, 1960 (red-lined wrasse)
• Halichoeres bivittatus (Bloch, 1791) (slippery dick)
• Halichoeres bleekeri (Steindachner & Döderlein (de), 1887)
• Halichoeres brasiliensis (Bloch, 1791) (Brazilian wrasse)
• Halichoeres brownfieldi (Whitley, 1945) (Brownfield's wrasse)
• Halichoeres burekae Weaver & L. A. Rocha, 2007 (Mardi Gras wrasse)
• Halichoeres caudalis (Poey, 1860) (painted wrasse)
• Halichoeres chierchiae di Caporiacco, 1948 (wounded wrasse)
• Halichoeres chlorocephalus Kuiter & J. E. Randall, 1995
• Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch, 1791) (pastel-green wrasse)
• Halichoeres chrysus J. E. Randall, 1981 (canary wrasse)
• Halichoeres claudia J. E. Randall & L. A. Rocha, 2009 (Claudia's wrasse)
• Halichoeres cosmetus J. E. Randall & M. M. Smith, 1982 (adorned wrasse)
• Halichoeres cyanocephalus (Bloch, 1791) (yellowcheek wrasse)
• Halichoeres dimidiatus (Agassiz, 1831)
• Halichoeres discolor W. A. Bussing, 1983 (Cocos wrasse)
• Halichoeres dispilus (Günther, 1864) (chameleon wrasse)
• Halichoeres erdmanni J. E. Randall & G. R. Allen, 2010 (Erdmann's wrasse)
• Halichoeres garnoti (Valenciennes, 1839) (yellowhead wrasse)
• Halichoeres girardi (Bleeker, 1858)
• Halichoeres hartzfeldii (Bleeker, 1852) (Hartzfeld's wrasse)
• Halichoeres hilomeni J. E. Randall & G. R. Allen, 2010 (Hilomen's wrasse)
• Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacépède, 1801) (checkerboard wrasse)
• Halichoeres insularis G. R. Allen & D. R. Robertson, 1992 (Socorro wrasse)
• Halichoeres iridis J. E. Randall & M. M. Smith, 1982
• Halichoeres kallochroma (Bleeker, 1853) (pink-snout wrasse)
• Halichoeres lapillus J. L. B. Smith, 1947 (jewelled wrasse)
• Halichoeres leptotaenia J. E. Randall & Earle, 1994
• Halichoeres leucoxanthus J. E. Randall & M. M. Smith, 1982 (canarytop wrasse)
• Halichoeres leucurus (Walbaum, 1792) (greyhead wrasse)
• Halichoeres maculipinna (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848) (clown wrasse)
• Halichoeres malpelo G. R. Allen & D. R. Robertson, 1992 (Malpelo wrasse)
• Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes, 1839) (pink-belly wrasse)
• Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell, 1835 (dusky wrasse)

A male dusky wrasse (Halichoeres marginatus).

• Halichoeres melanochir Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928 (orangefin wrasse)
• Halichoeres melanotis (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) (golden wrasse)
• Halichoeres melanurus (Bleeker, 1851) (tail-spot wrasse)
• Halichoeres melas J. E. Randall & Earle, 1994
• Halichoeres melasmapomus J. E. Randall, 1981 (cheekspot wrasse)
• Halichoeres miniatus (Valenciennes, 1839) (circle-cheek wrasse)
• Halichoeres nebulosus (Valenciennes, 1839) (nebulous wrasse)
• Halichoeres nicholsi (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (spinster wrasse)
• Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (bubblefin wrasse)
• Halichoeres notospilus (Günther, 1864) (banded wrasse)
• Halichoeres orientalis J. E. Randall]], 1999
• Halichoeres ornatissimus (A. Garrett, 1863) (ornamented wrasse)
• Halichoeres pallidus Kuiter & J. E. Randall, 1995 (pale wrasse)
• Halichoeres papilionaceus (Valenciennes, 1839) (weed wrasse)
• Halichoeres pardaleocephalus (Bleeker, 1849)
• Halichoeres pelicieri J. E. Randall & M. M. Smith, 1982
• Halichoeres penrosei Starks, 1913
• Halichoeres pictus (Poey, 1860) (rainbow wrasse)
• Halichoeres podostigma (Bleeker, 1854) (axilspot wrasse)
• Halichoeres poeyi (Steindachner, 1867) (blackear wrasse)
• Halichoeres prosopeion (Bleeker, 1853) (Twotone wrasse)
• Halichoeres purpurescens (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (silty wrasse)
• Halichoeres radiatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (puddingwife wrasse)
• Halichoeres richmondi Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928 (Richmond's wrasse)
• Halichoeres rubricephalus Kuiter & J. E. Randall, 1995 (redhead wrasse)
• Halichoeres rubrovirens L. A. Rocha, Pinheiro & Gasparini, 2010
• Halichoeres salmofasciatus G. R. Allen & D. R. Robertson, 2002 (red-striped wrasse)
• Halichoeres sazimai Luiz, C. E. L. Ferreira & L. A. Rocha, 2009
• Halichoeres scapularis (E. T. Bennett, 1832) (zigzag wrasse)

A male zigzag wrasse (Halichoeres scapularis).

A female zigzag wrasse (Halichoeres scapularis).

• Halichoeres semicinctus (Ayres, 1859) (rock wrasse)
• Halichoeres signifer J. E. Randall & Earle, 1994
• Halichoeres socialis J. E. Randall & Lobel, 2003
• Halichoeres solorensis (Bleeker, 1853) (green wrasse)
• Halichoeres stigmaticus J. E. Randall & M. M. Smith, 1982 (U-spot wrasse)
• Halichoeres tenuispinis (Günther, 1862)
• Halichoeres timorensis (Bleeker, 1852) (Timor wrasse)
• Halichoeres trimaculatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) (threespot wrasse)
• Halichoeres trispilus J. E. Randall & M. M. Smith, 1982 (triplespot wrasse)
• Halichoeres vrolikii (Bleeker, 1855) (Indian Ocean pinstriped wrasse)
• Halichoeres zeylonicus (E. T. Bennett, 1833) (goldstripe wrasse)
• Halichoeres zulu J. E. Randall & D. R. King, 2010

References

1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Halichoeres in FishBase. August 2013 version.
2. Victor, B.C., Alfaro, M.E. & Sorenson, L. (2013): Rediscovery of Sagittalarva inornata n. gen., n. comb. (Gilbert, 1890) (Perciformes: Labridae), a long-lost deepwater fish from the eastern Pacific Ocean: a case study of a forensic approach to taxonomy using DNA barcoding. Zootaxa, 3669 (4): 551–570.

External Links

• Randall, John E. and Smith, Margaret M. 1982. A review of the Labrid fishes of the genus Halichoeres of the Western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of six new species. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 45. Grahamstown, South Africa: J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Rhodes University.