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Halichoeres Rüppell, 1835

158813  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158813)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Eupercaria incertae sedis (Order)
  11. Labridae (Family)
  12. Julidinae (Subfamily)
  13. Halichoeres (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Chaerojulis Gill, 1862 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Choerojulis Gill, 1862 · unaccepted (synonym)
Guentheria Bleeker, 1862 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Guntheria Bleeker, 1862 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Halichöeres Rüppell, 1835 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Halichoeris Rüppell, 1835 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Hemitautoga Bleeker, 1862 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Oxyjulis Gill, 1863 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sagittalarva Victor, 2013 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Halichoeres adustus (Gilbert, 1890)
  2. Species Halichoeres aestuaricola Bussing, 1972
  3. Species Halichoeres argus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  4. Species Halichoeres bathyphilus (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1932)
  5. Species Halichoeres bicolor (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  6. Species Halichoeres binotopsis (Bleeker, 1849)
  7. Species Halichoeres biocellatus Schultz, 1960
  8. Species Halichoeres bivittatus (Bloch, 1791)
  9. Species Halichoeres bleekeri (Steindachner & Döderlein, 1887)
  10. Species Halichoeres brasiliensis (Bloch, 1791)
  11. Species Halichoeres brownfieldi (Whitley, 1945)
  12. Species Halichoeres burekae Weaver & Rocha, 2007
  13. Species Halichoeres californicus Günther, 1861
  14. Species Halichoeres caudalis (Poey, 1860)
  15. Species Halichoeres chierchiae Di Caporiacco, 1948
  16. Species Halichoeres chlorocephalus Kuiter & Randall, 1995
  17. Species Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch, 1791)
  18. Species Halichoeres chrysotaenia (Bleeker, 1853)
  19. Species Halichoeres chrysus Randall, 1981
  20. Species Halichoeres claudia Randall & Rocha, 2009
  21. Species Halichoeres cosmetus Randall & Smith, 1982
  22. Species Halichoeres cyanocephalus (Bloch, 1791)
  23. Species Halichoeres dimidiatus (Agassiz, 1831)
  24. Species Halichoeres discolor Bussing, 1983
  25. Species Halichoeres dispilus (Günther, 1864)
  26. Species Halichoeres erdmanni Randall & Allen, 2010
  27. Species Halichoeres garnoti (Valenciennes, 1839)
  28. Species Halichoeres gurrobyi Victor, 2016
  29. Species Halichoeres hartzfeldii (Bleeker, 1852)
  30. Species Halichoeres hilomeni Randall & Allen, 2010
  31. Species Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacepède, 1801)
  32. Species Halichoeres inornatus (Gilbert, 1890)
  33. Species Halichoeres insularis Allen & Robertson, 1992
  34. Species Halichoeres iridis Randall & Smith, 1982
  35. Species Halichoeres kallochroma (Bleeker, 1853)
  36. Species Halichoeres kneri Bleeker, 1862
  37. Species Halichoeres lapillus Smith, 1947
  38. Species Halichoeres leptotaenia Randall & Earle, 1994
  39. Species Halichoeres leucoxanthus Randall & Smith, 1982
  40. Species Halichoeres leucurus (Walbaum, 1792)
  41. Species Halichoeres maculipinna (Müller & Troschel, 1848)
  42. Species Halichoeres malpelo Allen & Robertson, 1992
  43. Species Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes, 1839)
  44. Species Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell, 1835
  45. Species Halichoeres melanochir Fowler & Bean, 1928
  46. Species Halichoeres melanotis (Gilbert, 1890)
  47. Species Halichoeres melanurus (Bleeker, 1851)
  48. Species Halichoeres melas Randall & Earle, 1994
  49. Species Halichoeres melasmapomus Randall, 1981
  50. Species Halichoeres miniatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
  51. Species Halichoeres nebulosus (Valenciennes, 1839)
  52. Species Halichoeres nicholsi (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
  53. Species Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  54. Species Halichoeres notospilus (Günther, 1864)
  55. Species Halichoeres orientalis Randall, 1999
  56. Species Halichoeres ornatissimus (Garrett, 1863)
  57. Species Halichoeres pallidus Kuiter & Randall, 1995
  58. Species Halichoeres papilionaceus (Valenciennes, 1839)
  59. Species Halichoeres pardaleocephalus (Bleeker, 1849)
  60. Species Halichoeres pelicieri Randall & Smith, 1982
  61. Species Halichoeres penrosei Starks, 1913
  62. Species Halichoeres pictus (Poey, 1860)
  63. Species Halichoeres podostigma (Bleeker, 1854)
  64. Species Halichoeres poeyi (Steindachner, 1867)
  65. Species Halichoeres prosopeion (Bleeker, 1853)
  66. Species Halichoeres radiatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  67. Species Halichoeres richmondi Fowler & Bean, 1928
  68. Species Halichoeres rubricephalus Kuiter & Randall, 1995
  69. Species Halichoeres rubrovirens Rocha, Pinheiro & Gasparini, 2010
  70. Species Halichoeres salmofasciatus Allen & Robertson, 2002
  71. Species Halichoeres sanchezi Victor, Frable & Ludt, 2024
  72. Species Halichoeres sazimai Luiz, Ferreira & Rocha, 2009
  73. Species Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett, 1832)
  74. Species Halichoeres semicinctus (Ayres, 1859)
  75. Species Halichoeres signifer Randall & Earle, 1994
  76. Species Halichoeres socialis Randall & Lobel, 2003
  77. Species Halichoeres solorensis (Bleeker, 1853)
  78. Species Halichoeres stigmaticus Randall & Smith, 1982
  79. Species Halichoeres tenuispinis (Günther, 1862)
  80. Species Halichoeres timorensis (Bleeker, 1852)
  81. Species Halichoeres trimaculatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
  82. Species Halichoeres trispilus Randall & Smith, 1982
  83. Species Halichoeres vrolikii (Bleeker, 1855)
  84. Species Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett, 1833)
  85. Species Halichoeres zulu Randall & King, 2010
  86. Species Halichoeres annulatus Fowler, 1904 accepted as Halichoeres miniatus (Valenciennes, 1839)
  87. Species Halichoeres bicolour (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Halichoeres bicolor (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (misspelling)
  88. Species Halichoeres bimaculatus Rüppell, 1835 accepted as Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett, 1833)
  89. Species Halichoeres bleekeri Günther, 1861 accepted as Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch, 1791)
  90. Species Halichoeres centiquadrus (Lacepède, 1801) accepted as Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacepède, 1801)
  91. Species Halichoeres centriquadrus (Lacepède, 1801) accepted as Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacepède, 1801) (misspelling)
  92. Species Halichoeres coeruleovittatus Rüppell, 1835 accepted as Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett, 1832) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  93. Species Halichoeres cyanopleura (Bleeker, 1853) accepted as Leptojulis cyanopleura (Bleeker, 1853)
  94. Species Halichoeres daedalma Jordan & Seale, 1906 accepted as Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes, 1839)
  95. Species Halichoeres dianthus Smith, 1947 accepted as Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  96. Species Halichoeres dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1839) accepted as Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  97. Species Halichoeres eximius Rüppell, 1835 accepted as Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacepède, 1801) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  98. Species Halichoeres fasciatus (Bloch, 1792) accepted as Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch, 1792)
  99. Species Halichoeres fijiensis Herre, 1935 accepted as Halichoeres argus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  100. Species Halichoeres girardi (Bleeker, 1858) accepted as Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett, 1833)
  101. Species Halichoeres gymnocephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch, 1791)
  102. Species Halichoeres hardzfeldi (Bleeker, 1852) accepted as Halichoeres hartzfeldii (Bleeker, 1852) (misspelling)
  103. Species Halichoeres hartzfeldi (Bleeker, 1852) accepted as Halichoeres hartzfeldii (Bleeker, 1852) (misspelling)
  104. Species Halichoeres hoeveni (Bleeker, 1851) accepted as Halichoeres melanurus (Bleeker, 1851) (misspelling)
  105. Species Halichoeres hoevenii (Bleeker, 1851) accepted as Halichoeres melanurus (Bleeker, 1851)
  106. Species Halichoeres horsfieldi (Valenciennes, 1839) accepted as Labracinus cyclophthalmus (Müller & Troschel, 1849)
  107. Species Halichoeres hortulans (Lacepède, 1801) accepted as Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacepède, 1801) (misspelling)
  108. Species Halichoeres hyrtli (Bleeker, 1856) accepted as Halichoeres bicolor (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  109. Species Halichoeres hyrtlii (Bleeker, 1856) accepted as Halichoeres bicolor (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  110. Species Halichoeres ianthinus Fourmanoir, 1955 accepted as Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell, 1835
  111. Species Halichoeres irideus Starks, 1913 accepted as Halichoeres brasiliensis (Bloch, 1791)
  112. Species Halichoeres kawarin (Bleeker, 1852) accepted as Halichoeres timorensis (Bleeker, 1852)
  113. Species Halichoeres lamarii (Valenciennes, 1839) accepted as Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell, 1835
  114. Species Halichoeres leparensis (Bleeker, 1853) accepted as Halichoeres argus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  115. Species Halichoeres leucostigma Fowler & Bean, 1928 accepted as Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  116. Species Halichoeres macleayi Jordan & Seale, 1906 accepted as Xenojulis margaritacea (MacLeay, 1883)
  117. Species Halichoeres maculipinnis (Müller & Troschel, 1848) accepted as Halichoeres maculipinna (Müller & Troschel, 1848) (misspelling)
  118. Species Halichoeres margariaceus (Valenciennes, 1839) accepted as Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes, 1839) (misspelling)
  119. Species Halichoeres margaritaceous (Valenciennes, 1839) accepted as Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes, 1839) (misspelling)
  120. Species Halichoeres melapterus (Bloch, 1791) accepted as Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch, 1791)
  121. Species Halichoeres modestus (Bleeker, 1847) accepted as Halichoeres chloropterus (Bloch, 1791)
  122. Species Halichoeres multicolor Rüppell, 1835 accepted as Coris caudimacula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
  123. Species Halichoeres nafae Tanaka, 1908 accepted as Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes, 1839) (synonym)
  124. Species Halichoeres nebulosa (Valenciennes, 1839) accepted as Halichoeres nebulosus (Valenciennes, 1839) (misspelling)
  125. Species Halichoeres nigriscens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) (misspelling)
  126. Species Halichoeres nigropunctatus Seale, 1901 accepted as Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes, 1839)
  127. Species Halichoeres notophthalmus (Bleeker, 1856) accepted as Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacepède, 1801) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, Also secondary homonym when placed in genus Halichoeres.)
  128. Species Halichoeres notopsis (Valenciennes, 1839) accepted as Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell, 1835
  129. Species Halichoeres poecilepterus (Richardson, 1846) accepted as Halichoeres poecilopterus (Richardson, 1846) accepted as Parajulis poecilepterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) accepted as Leptojulis poecilepterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, of a synonym)
  130. Species Halichoeres poecilepterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) accepted as Parajulis poecilepterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) accepted as Leptojulis poecilepterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  131. Species Halichoeres poecilopterus (Richardson, 1846) accepted as Parajulis poecilepterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) accepted as Leptojulis poecilepterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
  132. Species Halichoeres poecilopterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) accepted as Parajulis poecilepterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) accepted as Leptojulis poecilepterus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) (misspelling)
  133. Species Halichoeres prosopein (Bleeker, 1853) accepted as Halichoeres prosopeion (Bleeker, 1853) (misspelling)
  134. Species Halichoeres purpurascens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Halichoeres leucurus (Walbaum, 1792) (misspelling)
  135. Species Halichoeres purpurescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Halichoeres leucurus (Walbaum, 1792)
  136. Species Halichoeres raisneri Baldwin & McCosker, 2001 accepted as Halichoeres inornatus (Gilbert, 1890)
  137. Species Halichoeres reichei (Bleeker, 1857) accepted as Halichoeres nebulosus (Valenciennes, 1839)
  138. Species Halichoeres scalpularis (Bennett, 1832) accepted as Halichoeres scapularis (Bennett, 1832) (misspelling)
  139. Species Halichoeres schwartzii (Bleeker, 1847) accepted as Halichoeres papilionaceus (Valenciennes, 1839) (misspelling)
  140. Species Halichoeres sebae Kner, 1860 accepted as Stethojulis trilineata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  141. Species Halichoeres sellifer Gilbert, 1890 accepted as Halichoeres nicholsi (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882)
  142. Species Halichoeres sexfasciatus Rüppell, 1835 accepted as Hemigymnus sexfasciatus (Rüppell, 1835) (synonym)
  143. Species Halichoeres tenuispinnis Günther, 1862 accepted as Halichoeres tenuispinis (Günther, 1862) (misspelling)
  144. Species Halichoeres tremebundus Jordan & Snyder, 1902 accepted as Halichoeres bleekeri (Steindachner & Döderlein, 1887)
  145. Species Halichoeres trilineata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) accepted as Stethojulis trilineata (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  146. Species Halichoeres variegatus Rüppell, 1835 accepted as Coris variegata (Rüppell, 1835)
  147. Species Halichoeres virescens Fourmanoir & Guézé, 1961 accepted as Halichoeres marginatus Rüppell, 1835
  148. Species Halichoeres vroliki (Bleeker, 1855) accepted as Halichoeres vrolikii (Bleeker, 1855) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, misspelling)
  149. Species Halichoeres xanti (Károli, 1882) accepted as Halichoeres bicolor (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
  150. Species Halichoeres zeylanicus (Bennett, 1833) accepted as Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett, 1833) (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Rüppell, W.P.E.S. (1835-38). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres. Frankfurt-am-Main. 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [Part 1 (1835):1-28, Pls. 1-7.], available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.53778
page(s): (10) 14 [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Halichoeres Rüppell, 1835. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158813 on 2026-04-08
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2005-05-27 07:39:43Z
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Cuvelier, Daphne
2013-01-04 15:09:25Z
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Bailly, Nicolas
2014-11-21 13:09:37Z
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Bailly, Nicolas
2014-12-02 12:48:54Z
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Bailly, Nicolas
2025-10-25 18:24:50Z
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Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

original description Rüppell, W.P.E.S. (1835-38). Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres. Frankfurt-am-Main. 1-148, Pls. 1-33. [Part 1 (1835):1-28, Pls. 1-7.], available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.53778
page(s): (10) 14 [details] 

original description (of Sagittalarva Victor, 2013) Victor, B. C.; Alfaro, M. E.; Sorenson, L. (2013). Rediscovery of Sagittalarva inornata n. gen., n. comb. (Gilbert, 1890) (Perciformes: Labridae), a long-lost deepwater fish from the eastern Pacific Ocean: a case study of a forensic approach to taxonomy using DNA barcoding. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3669(4), 551-570., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3669.4.8 [details] 

original description (of Oxyjulis Gill, 1863) Gill, T. N. (1863). Notes on the labroids of the western coast of North America. <em>Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.</em> 15: 221-224. [details] 

Taxonomy

taxonomy source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

Other

context source (PeRMS) Chirichigno, N.; Cornejo, M. (2001). Catálogo comentado de los peces marinos del Perú. <em>2ª ed. Instituto del Mar de Perú. Publicación Especial. Callao.</em> 314 p. [details] 

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] 

 
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Japanese キュウセン属  [details]
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) 
To Catalog of Fishes 
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Oxyjulis Gill, 1863)
To Catalog of Fishes (from synonym Sagittalarva Victor, 2013)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Halichoeres) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oxyjulis) (from synonym Oxyjulis Gill, 1863)
To Genbank (from synonym Oxyjulis Gill, 1863)
To Genbank 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halichoeres FIN033562 Slide 120 mm) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halichoeres FIN035042 Slide 35 mm) 
To ITIS
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