Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 12. The dominant color markings are two dark stripes, one running from snout through eye to caudal base and the other, less pronounced, on lower side of body; a bicolored spot at edge of gill cover within upper dark stripe; large adult males green on back, shading to light greenish yellow on sides, the two stripes usually purplish; irregular light red bands on head and on caudal fin (Ref. 13442).

Common Names

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Slippery dick , English , Bahamas

Slippery dick , English , Barbados

Slippery Dick , English , Cuba

Slippery dick , English , St Lucia

Slippery dick , English , USA

Zweistreifenjunker , German , Germany

双带海猪鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

雙帶海豬魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Pekchi pampuna , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles

Pepchi pampuna , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles

Peuchi pampuna , Papiamentu , Neth Antilles

Budião , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil

Gudião-vermelho , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil

Punheta , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Doncella ravada , Spanish , Mexico

Doncella rayada , Spanish , Cuba

Doncella verde , Spanish , Venezuela

Loro dientón verde , Spanish , Venezuela

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Labridae

Genus: Halichoeres

Species: Halichoeres bivittatus (Bloch, 1791)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Commonly found in rocky and reef areas in shallow waters. Less common in seagrass beds. Feeds on other fishes (Ref. 5521) and gastropods (Ref. 9626). Forms leks during breeding (Ref. 55367). A protogynous hermaphrodite (Ref. 55367).

Habitat

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associated