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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