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''Halichoeres'', commonly called wrasses, are a
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fishes Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
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Labridae found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.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.
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Species

There are currently 80 recognized species in this genus: * '' 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) (Green-band 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 (Green-head wrasse) * '' Halichoeres chloropterus'' ( Bloch, 1791) (Pastel-green wrasse) * '' Halichoeres chrysotaenia'' (Bleeker, 1853) (Indian Ocean pinstriped wrasse) * '' Halichoeres chrysus'' J. E. Randall, 1981 (Canary wrasse) * '' Halichoeres claudia'' J. E. Randall & L. A. Rocha, 2009 (Claudia's wrasse) * ''
Halichoeres cosmetus ''Halichoeres cosmetus'', or the adorned wrasse, is a species of salt water wrasse the Indian Ocean from South Africa north to Yemen, including Socotra Socotra or Soqotra (; ar, سُقُطْرَىٰ ; so, Suqadara) is an island of the Repu ...
'' J. E. Randall & M. M. Smith, 1982 (Adorned wrasse) * '' Halichoeres cyanocephalus'' ( Bloch, 1791) (Yellow-cheek 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) Randall, J.E. & Allen, G.R. (2010): Two new labrid fishes of the genus ''Halichoeres'' from the East Indies. ''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 58 (2): 281–289.'' * '' Halichoeres garnoti'' (
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, 1839)
(Yellow-head wrasse) * '' Halichoeres gurrobyi''
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(Black-saddle wrasse) * '' Halichoeres hartzfeldii'' ( Bleeker, 1852) (Hartzfeld's wrasse) * '' Halichoeres hilomeni'' J. E. Randall & G. R. Allen, 2010 (Hilomen's wrasse) * '' Halichoeres hortulanus'' ( Lacépède, 1801) (Checker-board 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 (Canary-top wrasse) * '' Halichoeres leucurus'' (
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, 1792)
(Grey-head wrasse) * '' Halichoeres maculipinna'' ( J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1848) (Clown wrasse) * '' Halichoeres malpelo'' G. R. Allen & D. R. Robertson, 1992 (Malpelo wrasse) * '' Halichoeres margaritaceus'' (
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(Pink-belly wrasse) * '' Halichoeres marginatus'' Rüppell, 1835 (Dusky wrasse) * '' Halichoeres melanochir'' Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928 (Orange-fin 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 (Cheek-spot wrasse) * '' Halichoeres miniatus'' (
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, 1839)
(Circle-cheek wrasse) * '' Halichoeres nebulosus'' (
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(Nebulous wrasse) * '' Halichoeres nicholsi'' ( D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) (Spinster wrasse) * '' Halichoeres nigrescens'' ( Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Bubble-fin 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'' (
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, 1839)
(Weed wrasse) * '' Halichoeres pardaleocephalus'' ( Bleeker, 1849) (Line-blotch wrasse) * '' Halichoeres pelicieri'' J. E. Randall & M. M. Smith, 1982 * '' Halichoeres penrosei'' Starks, 1913 * '' Halichoeres pictus'' ( Poey, 1860) (Rainbow wrasse) * '' Halichoeres podostigma'' ( Bleeker, 1854) (Axil-spot wrasse) * '' Halichoeres poeyi'' ( Steindachner, 1867) (Black-ear wrasse) * '' Halichoeres prosopeion'' ( Bleeker, 1853) (Two-tone wrasse) * '' Halichoeres radiatus'' (
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(Pudding-wife wrasse) * ''
Halichoeres richmondi ''Halichoeres richmondi'', commonly called the Richmond's wrasse or chain-lined wrasse, is a fish species in the wrasse family native from the central Indo-Pacific. Description The Richmond's wrasse is a small fish that can reach a maximum lengt ...
'' Fowler & B. A. Bean, 1928 (Richmond's wrasse) * '' Halichoeres rubricephalus'' Kuiter & J. E. Randall, 1995 (Red-head wrasse) * '' Halichoeres rubrovirens'' L. A. Rocha, Pinheiro & Gasparini, 2010 Rocha, L.A., Pinheiro, H.T. & Gasparini, J.L. (2010): Description of ''Halichoeres rubrovirens'', a new species of wrasse (Labridae: Perciformes) from the Trindade and Martin Vaz Island group, southeastern Brazil, with a preliminary mtDNA molecular phylogeny of New World ''Halichoeres''. ''Zootaxa, 2422: 22–30.'' * '' Halichoeres salmofasciatus'' G. R. Allen & D. R. Robertson, 2002 (Red-striped wrasse) * '' Halichoeres sazimai'' O. J. Luiz, C. E. L. Ferreira & L. A. Rocha, 2009 * '' Halichoeres scapularis'' ( E. T. Bennett, 1832) (Zigzag wrasse) * '' 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 &
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, 1834)
(Three-spot wrasse) * '' Halichoeres trispilus'' J. E. Randall & M. M. Smith, 1982 (Triple-spot wrasse) * '' Halichoeres zeylonicus'' ( E. T. Bennett, 1833) (Gold-stripe wrasse) * '' Halichoeres zulu'' J. E. Randall & D. R. King, 2010 Randall, J.E. & King, D.R. (2010): ''Halichoeres zulu'', a new labrid fish from South Africa. ''Smithiana Bulletin, 11: 17-23.'' (KwaZulu-Natal wrasse)


References

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