Genus Halichoeres
(wrasses)

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Scientific names for Aves taxonomy (family and below) are from The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, Princeton University Press, copyright 2003. Used by permission.

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  Kingdom Animalia (animals)
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  Eumetazoa (metazoans)
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  Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
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  Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
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  Phylum Chordata (chordates)
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  Craniata (craniates)
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  Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
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  Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
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  Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
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  Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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  Subclass Neopterygii
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  Infraclass Teleostei
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  Superorder Acanthopterygii
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  Order Perciformes (perch-like fishes and perchlike fishes)
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  Suborder Labroidei (parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, and wrasses)
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  Family Labridae (parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, and wrasses)
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  Genus Halichoeres (wrasses)
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  Species Halichoeres adustus
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  Species Halichoeres aestuaricola
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  Species Halichoeres argus
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  Species Halichoeres bathyphilus (greenband wrasse)
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  Species Halichoeres bicolor
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  Species Halichoeres binotopsis (banded rainbowfish)
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  Species Halichoeres biocellatus
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  Species Halichoeres bivittatus (slippery dick)
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  Species Halichoeres bleekeri
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  Species Halichoeres brownfieldi
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  Species Halichoeres caudalis (painted wrasse)
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  Species Halichoeres chierchiae
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  Species Halichoeres chlorocephalus
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  Species Halichoeres chloropterus
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  Species Halichoeres chrysus
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  Species Halichoeres cosmetus
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  Species Halichoeres cyanocephalus (yellowcheek wrasse)
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  Species Halichoeres discolor
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  Species Halichoeres dispilus
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  Species Halichoeres garnoti (yellowhead wrasse)
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  Species Halichoeres hartzfeldii
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  Species Halichoeres hortulanus
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  Species Halichoeres insularis
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  Species Halichoeres iridis
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  Species Halichoeres kallochroma
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  Species Halichoeres lapillus (jewelled wrasse)
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  Species Halichoeres leptotaenia
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  Species Halichoeres leucoxanthus
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  Species Halichoeres leucurus
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  Species Halichoeres maculipinna (clown wrasse)
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  Species Halichoeres malpelo
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  Species Halichoeres margaritaceus (saddled rainmbowfish)
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  Species Halichoeres marginatus (saddled rainbowfish)
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  Species Halichoeres melanochir
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  Species Halichoeres melanotis
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  Species Halichoeres melanurus (duskytailed rainbowfish)
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  Species Halichoeres melas
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  Species Halichoeres melasmapomus
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  Species Halichoeres miniatus (spotted-finned rainbowfish)
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  Species Halichoeres nebulosus (clouded rainbowfish)
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  Species Halichoeres nicholsi (spinster wrasse)
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  Species Halichoeres nigrescens (dusky rainbowfish)
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  Species Halichoeres notospilus
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  Species Halichoeres orientalis
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  Species Halichoeres ornatissimus
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  Species Halichoeres pallidus
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  Species Halichoeres papilionaceus
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  Species Halichoeres pardaleocephalus
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  Species Halichoeres pelicieri
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  Species Halichoeres pictus (rainbow wrasse)
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  Species Halichoeres podostigma
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  Species Halichoeres poeyi (blackear wrasse)
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  Species Halichoeres prosopeion
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  Species Halichoeres radiatus (puddingwife)
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  Species Halichoeres richmondi
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  Species Halichoeres rubricephalus
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  Species Halichoeres scapularis (zigzaz rainbowfish)
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  Species Halichoeres semicinctus (rock wrasse)
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  Species Halichoeres signifer
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  Species Halichoeres solorensis
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  Species Halichoeres stigmaticus
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  Species Halichoeres tenuispinis
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  Species Halichoeres timorensis
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  Species Halichoeres trimaculatus (spottail rainbowfish)
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  Species Halichoeres trispilus
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  Species Halichoeres vrolikii
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  Species Halichoeres zeylonicus