Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 12; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 12.

Common Names

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Painted Wrasse , English , Cuba

Painted wrasse , English , USA

Sumitsuki-kyusen , Japanese , Japan

单孔海猪鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

單孔海豬魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Doncella pintada , Spanish , Cuba

Doncella pintada , Spanish , Mexico

Loro dienton colorado , Spanish , Venezuela

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Labridae

Genus: Halichoeres

Species: Halichoeres caudalis (Poey, 1860)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Biology

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Inhabits deep seaward reefs (Ref. 9710). Generally of no interest to fisheries because of its small average size (Ref. 5217).

Habitat

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associated