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Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacepède, 1801) 
AphiaID: 218985

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Corinae (Subfamily) > Halichoeres (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Halichoeres Rüppell, 1835
Synonymised
taxa
  Halichoeres centiquadrus (Lacepède, 1801)
Halichoeres centriquadrus (Lacepède, 1801) (misspelling)
Halichoeres hortulans (Lacepède, 1801) (misspelling)
Halichoeres hortulanus centiquadrus (Lacepède, 1801)
Halichoeres hortulanus centriquadrus (Lacepède, 1801) (misspelling)
Hemitautoga centiquadrus (Lacepède, 1801)
Labrus centiquadrus Lacepède, 1801
Labrus hortulanus Lacepède, 1801
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

basis of record: Smith, J.L.B. (1956). The fishes of Aldabra. Part VI. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist 12 (9): 817-829 [details]

basis of record: Randall, J.E. (1992). Red Sea Reef Fishes. Immel Publishing. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

basis of record (from synonym): Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English checkerboard wrasse  [details]
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taxa

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Subspecies Halichoeres hortulanus centiquadrus (Lacepède, 1801) accepted as Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacepède, 1801)
Subspecies Halichoeres hortulanus centriquadrus (Lacepède, 1801) accepted as Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacepède, 1801)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Aldabra (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Chagos [details]
Comores [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Red Sea [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (33 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (151 nucleotides; 75 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Note  Description: Inhabits sand patches of lagoon and seaward reefs at depths of 1 to at least 30 m (Ref. 1602). Feeds mainly on hard-shelled prey, including molluscs, crustaceans and sea urchins (9823). [details]
Image 
Halichoeres hortulanus
Halichoeres hortulanus
added on 2009-02-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218985
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacepède, 1801). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218985 on 2013-06-19
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