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checkerboard wrasse (Halichoeres hortulanus)
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checkerboard wrasse (Halichoeres hortulanus) specimen
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Labridae

checkerboard wrasse

Halichoeres hortulanus

Twenty Seven Centimeters Wrasse from the Red Sea

  • Tropical
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • East Asia
  • Fusiform
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

checkerboard wrasse is a marine fish found around Indo-Pacific. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 27 cm.

Family
Labridae
Maximum length
27 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Indo-Pacific: Red Sea south to Sodwana Bay, South Africa and east to the Line, Marquesas and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to the southern Great Barrier Reef.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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