''Halichoeres cosmetus'', or the adorned wrasse, is a species of salt water

wrasse The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 81 genera, which are divided into 9 subgroups or tribes. They are typically small, most of them le ...

the Indian Ocean from South Africa north to Yemen, including

Socotra Socotra or Soqotra (; ar, سُقُطْرَىٰ ; so, Suqadara) is an island of the Republic of Yemen in the Indian Ocean, under the ''de facto'' control of the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council, a secessionist participant in Yemen’ ...

and east to western Thailand.

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* cosmetus Fish of Thailand Taxa named by John Ernest Randall Taxa named by Margaret Mary Smith Fish described in 1982 {{Labridae-stub