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Halichoeres timorensis (Bleeker, 1852)

Description

Identified by cheek and body patterns. Most similar to H. binotopsis and is best distinguished by the more angular versus horizontal cheek lines (Ref. 48636).

Common Names

  • Timor-gylte , Danish , Denmark
  • Timor wrasse , English , Indonesia
  • Timor wrasse , English , Malaysia
  • Timor wrasse , English , Micronesia
  • Wrasse , English , Malaysia
  • Bayan , Malay , Malaysia
  • Nuri Timor , Malay , Malaysia
  • Nihola , Malayalam , India
  • നിഹൊള , Malayalam , India
  • നിഹോള , Malayalam , India
  • Rybanduhikkae , Maldivian , India
  • 台茂海猪鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 台茂海豬魚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei
  • 帝汶海猪鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 帝汶海豬魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 画海猪鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 畫海豬魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 臺茂海豬魚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Eupercaria/misc

    Family: Labridae

    Genus: Halichoeres

    Species: Halichoeres timorensis (Bleeker, 1852)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

    Biology

    Found in shallow coastal reefs, mainly rock substrates with soft coral and algal growth. Occurs in small loose groups dominated by a large male (Ref. 48636). May also be found solitary (Ref. 90102).

    Habitat

    associated