Genus Halichoeres Rüppell, 1835
- Halichoeres Rüppell, W.P.E. 1835. Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres. Frankfurt Vol. 1, pp. 1–28, pls 1–7. [16].
Type species:
Halichoeres bimaculatus Rüppell, 1835 by subsequent designation, see Jordan, D.S. 1919. The genera of fishes. Part 2. Stanford University Publications, University Series 36: 153-284 [184].
Introduction
Kuiter (2010) split members of Halichoeres into five separate genera based on the results of molecular studies (e.g. see Barber & Bellwood 2005). In addition to Halichoeres he placed various species into two new genera Biochoeres and Julichoeres, and two genera previously treated as junior synonyms Hemitautoga and Hemicoris. The arrangement of Kuiter (2010) has not been widely accepted by other workers (e.g. Parenti & Randall 2011) and while we include all of the generic combinations from that work, and agree that the genus is in need of revision, we follow Parenti & Randall (2000) in retaining the placement of the various species in the genus Halichoeres until further work can be conducted to support Kuiter's (2010) arrangement.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
LABRIDAE: Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett, 1832) — Randall, J.E., Allen, G.R. & Steene, R. 1997. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 557 pp. figs. [322] (restricted to Indian Ocean)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Western Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Kenn Transition (16), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
General References
Barber, P.H. & Bellwood, D.R. 2005. Biodiversity hotspots: Evolutionary origins of biodiversity in wrasses (Halichoeres) in the Indo-Pacific and New World Tropics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35: 235-253
Parenti, P. & Randall, J.E. 2000. An annotated checklist of the species of the labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J.L.B. Smith Institute, Grahamstown 68: 1-97
Parenti, P. & Randall, J.E. 2011. Checklist of the species of the families Labridae and Scaridae: an update. Smithiana, Publications in Aquatic Biodiversity, Bulletin 13: 29-44
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2024 | LABRIDAE | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Matthew Lockett (ABRS) |
| 13-Apr-2023 | LABRIDAE | 12-Jan-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 27-Jul-2017 | LABROIDEI | 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Dianne Bray (NMV) Dr Doug Hoese (AM) Dr Matthew Lockett (AM) |
| 07-Mar-2024 | MODIFIED |