Halichoeres

Halichoeres
Halichoeres marginatus
Halichoeres scapularis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Halichoeres Rüppell, 1835
Type species
Halichoeres bimaculatus Rüppell, 1835
Synonyms
Artisia de Beaufort, 1939 Choerojulis Gill, 1862 Guentheria Bleeker, 1862 Hemitautoga Bleeker, 1862 Hemiulis Swainson, 1839 Iridio Jordan & Evermann, 1896 Platyglossus Bleeker, 1862 Pseudojulis Bleeker, 1862

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

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 wrasse)
• 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 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) (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) ^[2]
• Halichoeres garnoti (Valenciennes, 1839) (Yellow-head wrasse)
• Halichoeres gurrobyi Victor, 2016 (Black-saddle wrasse) ^[3]
• Halichoeres hartzfeldii (Bleeker, 1852) (Hartzfeld's wrasse)
• Halichoeres hilomeni J. E. Randall & G. R. Allen, 2010 (Hilomen's wrasse) ^[2]
• 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 (Walbaum, 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 (Valenciennes, 1839) (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 (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) (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 (Valenciennes, 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 (Linnaeus, 1758) (Pudding-wife wrasse)
• Halichoeres richmondi 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 ^[4]
• 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 & Gaimard, 1834) (Three-spot wrasse)
• Halichoeres trispilus J. E. Randall & M. M. Smith, 1982 (Triple-spot wrasse)
• Halichoeres vrolikii (Bleeker, 1855) (Indian Ocean pin-striped wrasse)
• Halichoeres zeylonicus (E. T. Bennett, 1833) (Gold-stripe wrasse)
• Halichoeres zulu J. E. Randall & D. R. King, 2010 ^[5]

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Victor, B.C. (2016). "Halichoeres gurrobyi, a new labrid fish (Teleostei: Labridae) from Mauritius in the southwestern Indian Ocean, with a review of the H. zeylonicus species complex" (PDF). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation,. 22: 10–27.
4. 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.
5. Randall, J.E. & King, D.R. (2010): Halichoeres zulu, a new labrid fish from South Africa. Smithiana Bulletin, 11: 17-23.