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Labridae
bluefish
Halichoeres radiatus
Wrasse beneath Western Atlantic
bluefish is a marine fish from Western Atlantic. It inhabits marine waters. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 51 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Unnamed Order
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Halichoeres
- Maximum length
- 51 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: Bermuda, throughout the West Indies, Florida, the Carolinas, and Gulf of Mexico; found at the Brazilian oceanic islands of St. Paul's Rocks, Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rochas. Does not co-occur with H. brasiliensis in Brazilian coastal waters.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern

