Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 12. The common color phase is white or yellow with two yellowish brown stripes, one along back next to base of dorsal fin and one on upper side which extends through eye to end of snout. Large adult males are blue-green to yellowish green on the upper half of body and pale blue on lower half; blue stripes on head; a large black spot at caudal base (Ref. 13442).

Common Names

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Painted wrasse , English , Bahamas

Painted wrasse , English , Barbados

Painted wrasse , English , Neth Antilles

Rainbow Wrasse , English , Cuba

Rainbow wrasse , English , Puerto Rico

Rainbow wrasse , English , USA

彩虹海猪鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

彩虹海豬魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Doncella arcoiris , Spanish , Cuba

Doncella arcoiris , Spanish , Mexico

Loro dienton rabo negro , Spanish , Venezuela

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Labridae

Genus: Halichoeres

Species: Halichoeres pictus (Poey, 1860)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Inhabits coral reefs, normally high above the bottom. Swims with worm-like movements. Feeds on various invertebrates. A protogynous hermaphrodite (Ref. 55367). Generally of no interest to fisheries because of its small average size (Ref. 5217).

Habitat

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associated