WoRMS taxon details
Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett, 1832)
218990 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218990)
accepted
Species
Halichoeres coeruleovittatus Rüppell, 1835 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Halichoeres scalpularis (Bennett, 1832) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Julis scapularis Bennett, 1832 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Julis scapularis Bennett, 1832) Bennett, E. T. (1832). Observations on a collection of fishes from the Mauritius, presented by Mr. Telfair, with characters of new genera and species. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1830-31 (pt 1): 165-169. [details]
Description Common in shallow lagoons or bays; usually over sand, rubble, or seagrass bottom, rather than on coral reefs. Usually...
Description Common in shallow lagoons or bays; usually over sand, rubble, or seagrass bottom, rather than on coral reefs. Usually solitary and aggressive towards members of its own species. Feeds on small crustaceans by picking them off the sandy bottom (Ref. 5503). [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218990 on 2025-06-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Julis scapularis Bennett, 1832) Bennett, E. T. (1832). Observations on a collection of fishes from the Mauritius, presented by Mr. Telfair, with characters of new genera and species. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1830-31 (pt 1): 165-169. [details]
original description (of Halichoeres coeruleovittatus Rüppell, 1835) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1835-1838). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig Fische des Rothen Meeres. <em>Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main.</em> i-ii + 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [1835:1-28, Pls. 1-7; 1836:29-52, Pls. 8-14; 1837:53-80, Pls. 15-21; 1838:81-148, Pls. 22-33.]. [For dates see Sawyer 1952 [ref. 13582].]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Halichoeres coeruleovittatus Rüppell, 1835) Rüppell, W. P. E. S. (1835-1838). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig Fische des Rothen Meeres. <em>Siegmund Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main.</em> i-ii + 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [1835:1-28, Pls. 1-7; 1836:29-52, Pls. 8-14; 1837:53-80, Pls. 15-21; 1838:81-148, Pls. 22-33.]. [For dates see Sawyer 1952 [ref. 13582].]. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Common in shallow lagoons or bays; usually over sand, rubble, or seagrass bottom, rather than on coral reefs. Usually solitary and aggressive towards members of its own species. Feeds on small crustaceans by picking them off the sandy bottom (Ref. 5503). [details]Remark Date Eschmeyer, pers. comm., given as 1831 in <127> [details]
To Barcode of Life (45 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Julis scapularis Bennett, 1832)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Halichoeres scapularis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Julis scapularis Bennett, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Halichoeres scalpularis (Bennett, 1832))
To FishBase images (Halichoeres scapularis, Mauritius, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (60 nucleotides; 44 proteins)
To GenBank (60 nucleotides; 44 proteins) (from synonym Julis scapularis Bennett, 1832)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halichoeres scapularis USNM 403303 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halichoeres scapularis USNM 424858 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Julis scapularis Bennett, 1832)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Halichoeres scapularis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Julis scapularis Bennett, 1832)
To FishBase (from synonym Halichoeres scalpularis (Bennett, 1832))
To FishBase images (Halichoeres scapularis, Mauritius, by Randall, J.E.)
To GenBank (60 nucleotides; 44 proteins)
To GenBank (60 nucleotides; 44 proteins) (from synonym Julis scapularis Bennett, 1832)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halichoeres scapularis USNM 403303 photograph lateral view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halichoeres scapularis USNM 424858 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
