Halichoeres bivittatus

Halichoeres bivittatus

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 bivittatus

Name

Halichoeres bivittatus (Bloch, 1791)

Syntypes: ZMB 2564 (2).

Type locality: Indian Ocean [actual is West Atlantic].

Synonyms

• Choerojulis arangoi Poey, 1876
• Choerojulis grandisquamis Gill, 1863
• Julis humeralis Poey, 1860
• Labrus bivittatus Bloch, 1791
• Labrus multicostatus Gronow in Gray, 1854
• Labrus psittaculus Lacepède, 1801
• Platyglossus florealis Jordan & Gilbert, 1882

References

• Bloch, M.E. 1791: Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlin. 5: i-viii + 1-152, Pls. 253-288.
• 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 bivittatus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Slippery Dick