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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Labriformes

Familia: Labridae
Genus: Halichoeres
Species: H. adustus – H. aestuaricola – H. argus – H. bathyphilus – H. bicolor – H. binotopsis – H. biocellatus – H. bivittatus – H. bleekeri – H. brasiliensis – H. brownfieldi – H. burekae – H. caudalis – H. chierchiae – H. chlorocephalus – H. chloropterus – H. chrysus – H. claudia – H. cosmetus – H. cyanocephalus – H. dimidiatus – H. discolor – H. dispilus – H. erdmanni – H. garnoti – H. gurrobyi – H. hartzfeldii – H. hilomeni – H. hortulanus – H. insularis – H. iridis – H. kallochroma – H. lapillus – H. leptotaenia – H. leucoxanthus – H. leucurus – H. maculipinna – H. malpelo – H. margaritaceus – H. marginatus – H. melanochir – H. melanotis – H. melanurus – H. melas – H. melasmapomus – H. miniatus – H. nebulosus – H. nicholsi – H. nigrescens – H. notospilus – H. orientalis – H. ornatissimus – H. pallidus – H. papilionaceus – H. pardaleocephalus – H. pelicieri – H. penrosei – H. pictus – H. podostigma – H. poeyi – H. prosopeion – H. radiatus – H. raisneri – H. richmondi – H. rubricephalus – H. rubrovirens – H. salmofasciatus – H. sazimai – H. scapularis – H. semicinctus – H. signifer – H. socialis – H. solorensis – H. stigmaticus – H. tenuispinis – H. timorensis – H. trimaculatus – H. trispilus – H. vrolikii – H. zeylonicus – H. zulu

Name

Halichoeres Rüppell, 1835:(10) 14

Type species: Halichoeres bimaculatus Rüppell, 1835. Type by subsequent designation. Type designated by Jordan, 1919:184
Synonyms

Artisia de Beaufort, 1939
Choerojulis Gill, 1862
Emmeekia Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Guentheria Bleeker, 1862
Halinanodes Whitley, 1931
Hemitautoga Bleeker, 1862
Hemiulis (subgenus of Labrus) Swainson, 1839
Iridio Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Julichthys De Vis, 1885
Julidio Jordan & Evermann, 1896
Octocynodon (subgenus of Halichoeres) Fowler, 1904
Platiglossus Bleeker (ex Klein), 1862
Pseudojulis Bleeker, 1862
Pusa Jordan & Gilbert, 1879

References

Randall, J.E.; Allen, G.R. 2010: Two new labrid fished of the genus Halichoeres from the East Indies. Raffles bulletin of zoology, 58 (2): 281–289. PDF
Randall, J.E. & L.A. Rocha, 2009: Halichoeres claudia sp. nov., a New Indo-Pacific Wrasse (Perciformes: Labridae), the Fourth Species of the H. ornatissimus Complex. Zoological Studies 48 (5): 709–718. Full article: [1].
Rüppell, W.P.E.S. 1835-38: Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres. Frankfurt-am-Main. 1-148, Pls. 1-33.
Parenti, P. & J.E. Randall 2000: An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 68: 1–97.
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. Preview PDF


Vernacular names
English: Wrasses

Halichoeres hortulanus

Halichoeres hortulanus

Halichoeres are a genus of wrasses found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.[3]
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 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) [4]
Halichoeres garnoti (Valenciennes, 1839) (Yellow-head wrasse)
Halichoeres gurrobyi Victor, 2016 (Black-saddle wrasse) [5]
Halichoeres hartzfeldii (Bleeker, 1852) (Hartzfeld's wrasse)
Halichoeres hilomeni J. E. Randall & G. R. Allen, 2010 (Hilomen's wrasse) [4]
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[6]
Halichoeres salmofasciatus G. R. Allen & D. R. Robertson, 2002 (Red-striped wrasse)
Halichoeres sanchezi B. C. Victor, B. W. Frable & W. B. Ludt, 2024 (Tailspot 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 zeylonicus (E. T. Bennett, 1833) (Gold-stripe wrasse)
Halichoeres zulu J. E. Randall & D. R. King, 2010[7] (KwaZulu-Natal wrasse)

References
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Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Halichoeres". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Randall, J.E. & King, D.R. (2010): Halichoeres zulu, a new labrid fish from South Africa. Smithiana Bulletin, 11: 17-23.

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