Halichoeres argus

Species of fish

Halichoeres argus
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Halichoeres
Species:
H. argus
Binomial name
Halichoeres argus
(Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801)
Synonyms
  • Labrus argus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Labrus guttatus Bloch, 1791
  • Labrus guttulatus Lacépède, 1801
  • Julis polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1853
  • Julis leparensis Bleeker, 1853
  • Halichoeres leparensis (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Halichoeres fijiensis Herre, 1935

Halichoeres argus, or the Argus wrasse, is a species of salt water wrasse found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean from Sri Lanka to Fiji and Tonga, then north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia.[2]

Description

This species reaches a length of 12.0 cm (4.7 in).[3]

References

  1. ^ Choat, J.H. (2010). "Halichoeres argus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T187451A8539062. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187451A8539062.en. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ^ Randall, J.E., 1980. Two new Indo-Pacific labrid fishes of the genus Halichoeres, with notes on other species of the genus. Pac. Sci. 34(4):415-432.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Halichoeres argus". FishBase. August 2019 version.
Taxon identifiers
Halichoeres argus
  • Wikidata: Q1091600
  • Wikispecies: Halichoeres argus
  • AFD: Halichoeres_argus
  • BOLD: 24941
  • CoL: 3JBQ3
  • FishBase: 4857
  • GBIF: 2384250
  • iNaturalist: 102025
  • IRMNG: 10578779
  • ITIS: 613658
  • IUCN: 187451
  • NCBI: 241290
  • OBIS: 275749
  • Open Tree of Life: 694393
  • WoRMS: 275749
Labrus argus
  • Wikidata: Q106407296
  • CoL: 3RKY5
  • GBIF: 2384256
  • IRMNG: 10509512
  • ITIS: 613659
  • WoRMS: 303579
  • ZooBank: 934F3D3F-EB25-4CB8-93BE-5DDC6C921DE8


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