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Genus Halichoeres, Part 9
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Part II, Part III,
Part IV, Part V,
Part VI,
Part VII, Part VIII,
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By Bob Fenner |
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Halichoeres semicinctus (Ayres 1859), the
Rock Wrasse (3), I'll throw in because it's a cool water
(found off of Southern California) fish that occasionally is
wrongfully offered in the trade as a tropical. To fifteen inches
in length. Female and male public aquarium (Birch, San Diego)
shown.
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| Halichoeres trimaculatus (Quoy & Gaimard
1824), the Three-spot Wrasse. Indo-Pacific. To eleven inches in
length. Adults in the Cook Islands and Fiji. This species used as
food and occasionally in the aquarium trade. |
 
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| Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett 1833), the
Goldstripe Wrasse. Indo-west Pacific, including the Red Sea. To
eight inches in length. Aquarium and Maldives images. Initial phase
individual below in Raja Ampat, terminal in Bali. |
 
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Bibliography/Further Reading:
Michael, Scott W. 1997. Beautiful Wrasses. The unique species of the
genus Halichoeres. AFM 3/97.
To:
Part I,
Part II, Part III,
Part IV, Part V,
Part VI,
Part VII, Part VIII,
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