Halichoeres chlorocephalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Labriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Labriformes

Familia: Labridae
Genus: Halichoeres
Species: Halichoeres chlorocephalus

Name

Halichoeres chlorocephalus Kuiter & Randall, 1995

Holotype: BPBM 35401. [Paratypes: AMS I.34555-001 (1); BPBM 32573-74 (1, 1); USNM 328142 (1)].

Type locality: Lagoon off Nagada Harbor, coral patch next to wreck of "Coral Queen", Madang Province, Papua New Guinea, depth 28 meters.

References

• Kuiter, R.H. & J.E. Randall 1995: Four new Indo-Pacific wrasses (Perciformes: Labridae). Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpetologie, 21(3-4) (1994): 107–118.
• Parenti, P. & J.E. Randall 2000: An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 68: 1–97.
• Halichoeres chlorocephalus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Wrasse