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Halichoeres Rüppell, 1835
Taxonomic Serial No.: 170501

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Artisia de Beaufort, 1939
		Choerojulis Gill, 1862
		Platyglossus Bleeker, 1862
		Hemiulis Swainson, 1839
		Hemijulis Bonaparte, 1841
		Hemitautoga Bleeker, 1862
		Guentheria Bleeker, 1862
		Pseudojulis Bleeker, 1862
		Pusa Jordan and Gilbert, 1879
		Emmeekia Jordan and Evermann, 1896
		Iridio Jordan and Evermann, 1896
		Julidio Jordan and Evermann, 1896
		Octocynodon Fowler, 1904
		Halinanodes Whitley, 1931
	Common Name(s):	wrasses [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2004

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Acanthopterygii
	Order	Perciformes – perch-like fishes
	Suborder	Labroidei – parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, poissons-perroquets
	Family	Labridae Cuvier, 1816 – rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, labridés, doncellas y señoritas
	Genus	Halichoeres Rüppell, 1835 – wrasses
		Direct Children:
	Species	Halichoeres adustus (Gilbert, 1890) – black wrasse, señorita negra
	Species	Halichoeres aestuaricola Bussing, 1972 – mangrove wrasse, señorita de manglar
	Species	Halichoeres argus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
	Species	Halichoeres bathyphilus (Beebe and Tee-Van, 1932) – greenband wrasse, doncella cintaverde
	Species	Halichoeres bicolor (Bloch and Schneider, 1801)
	Species	Halichoeres binotopsis (Bleeker, 1849) – banded rainbowfish
	Species	Halichoeres biocellatus Schultz in Schultz, Chapman, Lachner and Wood, 1960
	Species	Halichoeres bivittatus (Bloch, 1791) – slippery dick, doncella rayada
	Species	Halichoeres bleekeri (Steindachner and Döderlein, 1887)
	Species	Halichoeres brasiliensis (Bloch, 1791)
	Species	Halichoeres brownfieldi (Whitley, 1945)
	Species	Halichoeres caudalis (Poey, 1860) – painted wrasse, doncella pintada
	Species	Halichoeres chierchiae Di Caporiacco, 1948 – señorita herida, wounded wrasse
	Species	Halichoeres chlorocephalus Kuiter and Randall, 1995
	Species	Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch, 1791)
	Species	Halichoeres chrysus Randall, 1981
	Species	Halichoeres cosmetus Randall and Smith, 1982
	Species	Halichoeres cyanocephalus (Bloch, 1791) – yellowcheek wrasse, doncella cabeciplateada
	Species	Halichoeres discolor Bussing, 1983
	Species	Halichoeres dispilus (Günther, 1864) – chameleon wrasse, señorita camaleón
	Species	Halichoeres garnoti (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1839) – yellowhead wrasse, doncella cabeciamarilla
	Species	Halichoeres hartzfeldii (Bleeker, 1852)
	Species	Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacépède, 1801)
	Species	Halichoeres insularis Allen and Robertson, 1992 – señorita de Socorro, Socorro wrasse
	Species	Halichoeres iridis Randall and Smith, 1982
	Species	Halichoeres kallochroma (Bleeker, 1853)
	Species	Halichoeres lapillus Smith, 1947 – jewelled wrasse
	Species	Halichoeres leptotaenia Randall and Earle, 1994
	Species	Halichoeres leucoxanthus Randall and Smith, 1982
	Species	Halichoeres leucurus (Walbaum, 1792)
	Species	Halichoeres maculipinna (Müller and Troschel in Schomburgk, 1848) – clown wrasse, doncella payaso
	Species	Halichoeres malpelo Allen and Robertson, 1992
	Species	Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1839) – saddled rainmbowfish
	Species	Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell, 1835 – saddled rainbowfish
	Species	Halichoeres melanochir Fowler and Bean, 1928
	Species	Halichoeres melanotis (Gilbert, 1890) – golden wrasse, señorita dorada
	Species	Halichoeres melanurus (Bleeker, 1851) – duskytailed rainbowfish
	Species	Halichoeres melas Randall and Earle, 1994
	Species	Halichoeres melasmapomus Randall, 1981
	Species	Halichoeres miniatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1839) – spotted-finned rainbowfish
	Species	Halichoeres nebulosus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1839) – clouded rainbowfish
	Species	Halichoeres nicholsi (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882) – spinster wrasse, señorita solterona
	Species	Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) – dusky rainbowfish
	Species	Halichoeres notospilus (Günther, 1864) – banded wrasse, señorita listada
	Species	Halichoeres orientalis Randall, 1999
	Species	Halichoeres ornatissimus (Garrett, 1863)
	Species	Halichoeres pallidus Kuiter and Randall, 1995
	Species	Halichoeres papilionaceus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1839)
	Species	Halichoeres pardaleocephalus (Bleeker, 1849)
	Species	Halichoeres pelicieri Randall and Smith, 1982
	Species	Halichoeres pictus (Poey, 1860) – rainbow wrasse, doncella arcoiris
	Species	Halichoeres podostigma (Bleeker, 1854)
	Species	Halichoeres poeyi (Steindachner, 1867) – blackear wrasse, doncella ojinegra, doncella orejinegra
	Species	Halichoeres prosopeion (Bleeker, 1853)
	Species	Halichoeres radiatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – puddingwife, doncella pudín, doncella azulada
	Species	Halichoeres raisneri Baldwin and McCosker, 2001
	Species	Halichoeres richmondi Fowler and Bean, 1928
	Species	Halichoeres rubricephalus Kuiter and Randall, 1995
	Species	Halichoeres salmofasciatus Allen and Robertson, 2002
	Species	Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett, 1832) – zigzaz rainbowfish
	Species	Halichoeres semicinctus (Ayres, 1859) – rock wrasse, señorita piedrera
	Species	Halichoeres signifer Randall and Earle, 1994
	Species	Halichoeres socialis Randall and Lobel, 2003
	Species	Halichoeres solorensis (Bleeker, 1853)
	Species	Halichoeres stigmaticus Randall and Smith, 1982
	Species	Halichoeres tenuispinis (Günther, 1862)
	Species	Halichoeres timorensis (Bleeker, 1852)
	Species	Halichoeres trimaculatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834) – spottail rainbowfish
	Species	Halichoeres trispilus Randall and Smith, 1982
	Species	Halichoeres vrolikii (Bleeker, 1855)
	Species	Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett, 1833)

References


	Expert(s):
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)
	Acquired:	2004
	Notes:	http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/
	Reference for:	Halichoeres

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Halichoeres

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N.
	Publication Date:	1990
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Genera of Recent Fishes
	Page(s):	iii + 697
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, CA, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-23-8
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Halichoeres

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Eschmeyer, William N., ed.
	Publication Date:	1998
	Article/Chapter Title:	Catalog of Fishes
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3
	Page(s):	2905
	Publisher:	California Academy of Sciences
	Publication Place:	San Francisco, California, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-940228-47-5
	Notes:	Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932
	Reference for:	Halichoeres

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Parenti, Paola, and John E. Randall
	Publication Date:	2000
	Article/Chapter Title:	An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, no. 68
	Page(s):	97
	Publisher:	J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
	Publication Place:	Rhodes Univ., Grahamstown, South Africa
	ISBN/ISSN:	0073-4381
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Halichoeres

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Shiino, Sueo M.
	Publication Date:	1976
	Article/Chapter Title:	List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4
	Page(s):	262
	Publisher:	Shima Marineland
	Publication Place:	Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan
	ISBN/ISSN:	0385-1109
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Halichoeres

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