Halichoeres

Halichoeres
Halichoeres marginatus
Halichoeres scapularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Halichoeres
Rüppell, 1835
Type species
Halichoeres bimaculatus
Rüppell, 1835[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Artisia de Beaufort, 1939
  • Biochoeres Kuiter, 2010
  • Choerojulis Gill, 1862
  • Guentheria Bleeker, 1862
  • Hemitautoga Bleeker, 1862
  • Hemiulis Swainson, 1839
  • Iridio Jordan & Evermann, 1896
  • Julichoeres Kuiter, 2010
  • Octocynodon Fowler, 1904
  • Oxyjulis Gill, 1863
  • Platyglossus Bleeker, 1862
  • Pseudojulis Bleeker, 1862
  • Pusa Jordan & Gilbert, 1879
  • Sagittalarva Victor, Alfaro & Sorenson, 2013
  • Whitleychoeres Kuiter, 2010

Halichoeres are a genus of wrasses found in the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans.[3]

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Halichoeres". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.