Halichoeres nigrescens

Halichoeres nigrescens
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Halichoeres
Species:	H. nigrescens
Binomial name
Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms
List Labrus nigrescensBloch & Schneider, 1801 Halichoeres nigriscens(Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Labrus baccatusMarion de Procé, 1822 Labrus molaCuvier, 1829 Julis dussumieriValenciennes, 1839 Halichoeres dussumieri(Valenciennes, 1839) Julis exornatusRichardson, 1846 Julis javanicusBleeker, 1857 Platyglossus dubiusSteindachner, 1866 Platyglossus dayiSteindachner, 1870 Platyglossus ransonnetiSteindachner, 1870 Platyglossus immaculatusMacleay, 1878 Platyglossus amabilisDe Vis, 1885 Platyglossus roseusDay, 1888 Platyglossus maculatusJatzow & Lenz, 1898 Halichoeres leucostigmaFowler & Bean, 1928 Halichoeres dianthusSmith, 1947

Halichoeres nigrescens, or the bubblefin wrasse, is a species of salt water wrasse found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. ^[2]

Description

This species reaches a length of 14.0 cm (5.5 in). ^[3]

References

1. Shea, S., Liu, M. & Sadovy, Y. (2010). "Halichoeres nigrescens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T187600A8578241. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187600A8578241.en . Retrieved 24 January 2024.
2. Parenti, P. and J.E. Randall, 2000. An annotated checklist of the species of the labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyol. Bull. J.L.B. Smith Inst. Ichthyol. (68):1-97.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Halichoeres nigrescens". FishBase . August 2019 version.