Description

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Common Names

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Indian Ocean pinstriped wrasse , English , Micronesia

Rainbow wrasse , English , Maldives

Donzelle tamarin , French , Maldives

Blaustreifen-Regenbogenfisch , German , Maldives

Donzella , Italian , Maldives

Kyûsen , Japanese , Maldives

Hikaa , Maldivian , Maldives

弗氏海猪鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

弗氏海豬魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Labridae

Genus: Halichoeres

Species: Halichoeres chrysotaenia (Bleeker, 1853)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Found in shallow weedy areas of rocky shorelines, not where there is rich coral growth (Ref. 9710).

Habitat

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associated