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Genus Halichoeres, Part 7

To: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V, Part VI, Part VIII, Part IX

 

By Bob Fenner  
Halichoeres pictus (Steindachner 1867), the Rainbow Wrasse. Tropical west Atlantic; Florida to northern South America. To 13 cm. in length. An initial phase individual and pair in Bonaire.

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Halichoeres podostigma (Bleeker 1854), the Axilspot Wrasse. Western Central Pacific; Indonesia, Philippines. To 12 inches in length. This one in S. Sulawesi. http://fishbase.sinica.edu.tw/Summary/
speciesSummary.php?ID=4861&genusname=
Halichoeres&speciesname=podostigma

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Halichoeres poeyi (Poey 1860), the Rainbow Wrasse. Tropical west Atlantic; Florida to northern South America. To 13 cm. in length. Found in shallow muddy bays and grass beds. Photo at right of an intermediate phase individual in Roatan. Below: Juvenile in Roatan

 

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Halichoeres prosopeion (Bleeker 1853), the Two-tone Wrasse. Western Pacific. To five inches in length. An occasional import from a few countries. N. Sulawesi, Fiji and Australian photographs of very young, juvenile and adult.
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