Halichoeres pardaleocephalus

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Halichoeres pardaleocephalus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Halichoeres
Species:
H. pardaleocephalus
Binomial name
Halichoeres pardaleocephalus
(Bleeker, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Julis pardaleocephalusBleeker, 1849

Halichoeres pardaleocephalus, the lineblotch wrasse, is a species of salt water wrasse found in the Indo-West Pacific. [2]

Description

This species reaches a length of 11.2 cm (4.4 in). [3]

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References

  1. Choat, J.H. (2010). "Halichoeres pardaleocephalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T187370A8516592. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187370A8516592.en . Retrieved 22 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.) (2019). "Halichoeres pardaleocephalus" in FishBase . August 2019 version.