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Halichoeres ornatissimus |
Halichoeres nebulosus (Valenciennes 1839), the Nebulous Wrasse. To 12 cm. Indo-West Pacific: throughout the tropical and subtropical Indian Ocean including the Red Sea. This one in Raja Ampat.
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Halichoeres ornatissimus (Garrett 1863) is (one of) the three " Christmas Wrasses" (2), aka the Ornate Wrasse to science. This can be a very hardy fish should you secure an initially healthy specimen. Unfortunately, way to many are doomed from the trauma of rough handling through the collection process. To six inches. Below: Juvenile and adult Hawai'i and Aquarium photos. Indo-Pacific to Hawai'i, where it is best imported from. |
| Halichoeres pictus (Steindachner 1867), the Rainbow Wrasse. Tropical west Atlantic; Florida to northern South America. To 13 cm. in length. An initial phase individual and pair in Bonaire. |  
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| Halichoeres poeyi (Poey 1860), the Rainbow Wrasse. Tropical west Atlantic; Florida to northern South America. To 13 cm. in length. Found in shallow muddy bays and grass beds. Photo at right of an intermediate phase individual in the Bahamas. Below: Juvenile, intermediate and terminal phases in St. Thomas. | 
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| Halichoeres prosopeion (Bleeker 1853), the Two-tone Wrasse. Western Pacific. To five inches in length. An occasional import from a few countries. N. Sulawesi, Fiji and Australian photographs of very young, juvenile and adult. |
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Halichoeres radiatus (Linnaeus 1758), the Puddingwife Wrasse (2), is another old standard from the tropical west Atlantic. Good looking when young, keep in mind this fish grows to twenty inches in the wild. Juveniles in Cozumel, sub-adults in St. Lucia and Cancun, Initial Phase off Cozumel. 2, 3, four, five and twelve inches respectively, and one off Bonaire. No terminal phase pic? |
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Halichoeres semicinctus (Ayres 1859), the Rock Wrasse (3), I’ll throw in because it’s a cool water (found off of Southern California) fish that occasionally is wrongfully offered in the trade as a tropical. To fifteen inches in length. Female and male public aquarium (Birch, San Diego) shown. | 
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| Halichoeres trimaculatus (Quoy & Gaimard 1824), the Three-spot Wrasse. Indo-Pacific. To eleven inches in length. Adults in the Cook Islands and Fiji. This species used as food and occasionally in the aquarium trade. |  
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| Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett 1833), the Goldstripe Wrasse. Indo-west Pacific, including the Red Sea. To eight inches in length. Aquarium and Maldives images. Initial phase individual below in Raja Ampat. |  
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Bibliography/Further Reading: Michael, Scott W. 1997. Beautiful Wrasses. The unique species of the genus Halichoeres. AFM 3/97. To: Halichoeres A-M |
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