Halichoeres burekae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Labriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata 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 burekae

Name

Halichoeres burekae Weaver & Rocha, 2007

Type locality: Stetson Bank, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS), in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico.

References

• Aguilar-Perera, A.; Tuz-Sulub, A. 2009: Occurrence of the Mardi Gras wrasse, Halichoeres burekae (Teleostei: Labridae) in the Alacranes Reef, off northern Yucatán Peninsula. Zootaxa, 2298: 64–68. Abstract & excerpt
• Weaver D.C. & L.A. Rocha 2007: A New Species of Halichoeres (Teleostei: Labridae) from the Western Gulf of Mexico. Copeia, 2007: 798–807.
• 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.

Links

• Halichoeres burekae in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2021. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 12/2019.

Vernacular names

English: Mardi Gras Wrasse