Description

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Common Names

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Banded wrasse , English , Mexico

Banded wrasse , English , USA

Banded wrasse , English , Global

Doncelle striée , French , France

背斑海猪鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

背斑海豬魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

背斑虹錦魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

背斑虹锦鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Señorita , Spanish , Peru

Señorita de cintas , Spanish , Mexico

Señorita de cintas , Spanish , Spain

Señorita listada , Spanish , Mexico

Señorita listada , Spanish , Mexico

Vieja , Spanish , Ecuador

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Labridae

Genus: Halichoeres

Species: Halichoeres notospilus (Günther, 1864)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Common in shallow waters, especially where brown algae exists (Ref. 9311). Diet consists of crustaceans, sea urchins, mollusks, and brittle stars. It loses its blue-green coloration, turns dull brown in captivity.

Habitat

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associated