WoRMS taxon details
Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett, 1833)
218979 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:218979)
accepted
Species
Halichoeres bimaculatus Rüppell, 1835 · unaccepted
Halichoeres girardi (Bleeker, 1858) · unaccepted
Halichoeres zeylanicus (Bennett, 1833) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Julis girardi Bleeker, 1858 · unaccepted (synonym)
Julis zeylonicus Bennett, 1833 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Julis zeylonicus Bennett, 1833) Bennett, E. T. (1833). Characters of new species of fishes from Ceylon. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1832 (pt 2): 182-184. [details] 
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218979 on 2026-09-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Julis zeylonicus Bennett, 1833) Bennett, E. T. (1833). Characters of new species of fishes from Ceylon. <em>Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1832 (pt 2): 182-184. [details]
original description (of Julis girardi Bleeker, 1858) Bleeker, P. (1858). Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Bali. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 17 (no. 1): 141-175. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
original description (of Julis girardi Bleeker, 1858) Bleeker, P. (1858). Derde bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Bali. <em>Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië.</em> v. 17 (no. 1): 141-175. [details]
basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., 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
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Julis zeylonicus Bennett, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Julis girardi Bleeker, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Halichoeres bimaculatus Rüppell, 1835)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Halichoeres zeylonicus)
To FishBase (from synonym Halichoeres girardi (Bleeker, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Julis girardi Bleeker, 1858)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Julis zeylonicus Bennett, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Halichoeres bimaculatus Rüppell, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Halichoeres zeylanicus (Bennett, 1833))
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Julis zeylonicus Bennett, 1833)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halichoeres zeylonicus FIN029949 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halichoeres zeylonicus FIN029950 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Julis zeylonicus Bennett, 1833)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Julis girardi Bleeker, 1858)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Halichoeres bimaculatus Rüppell, 1835)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Halichoeres zeylonicus)
To FishBase (from synonym Halichoeres girardi (Bleeker, 1858))
To FishBase (from synonym Julis girardi Bleeker, 1858)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Julis zeylonicus Bennett, 1833)
To FishBase (from synonym Halichoeres bimaculatus Rüppell, 1835)
To FishBase (from synonym Halichoeres zeylanicus (Bennett, 1833))
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 19 proteins) (from synonym Julis zeylonicus Bennett, 1833)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halichoeres zeylonicus FIN029949 Slide 120 mm)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Halichoeres zeylonicus FIN029950 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
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