Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 12. Small individuals yellowish green with a black spot, edged in light red, behind eye; a small black spot at rear base of dorsal fin. Large adult males are dull green, the centers of the scales with a dull orange red spot; caudal fin with a median longitudinal and upper and lower diagonal converging blue-edged rose bands (Ref. 13442).

Common Names

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Black-ear wrasse , English , Bahamas

Blackear wrasse , English , Bahamas

Blackear Wrasse , English , Cuba

Blackear wrasse , English , Puerto Rico

Blackear wrasse , English , USA

Blackear wrasse , English , Global

Kõrvlaik-junkurkala , Estonian , Estonia

波氏海猪鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

波氏海豬魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Bindalo , Portuguese , Brazil

Bodião , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil

Bodião-rei , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil

Budião , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil

Budião-puxê , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil

Gudião , Portuguese (Brazilianism) , Brazil

Peixe-rei , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Punheta , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Doncella , Spanish , Dominican Rp

Doncella ojinegra , Spanish , Cuba

Doncella orejinegra , Spanish , Mexico

Doncella orejinegra , Spanish , Spain

Doncella orejona , Spanish , Venezuela

Loro dientón orejón , Spanish , Venezuela

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Labridae

Genus: Halichoeres

Species: Halichoeres poeyi (Steindachner, 1867)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Maximum depth from Ref. 126840. Commonly found in clear seagrass beds; uncommon on reefs or muddy bays (Ref. 9710). 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