FB-4857 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4857 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Eupercaria/misc Labridae Halichoeres Halichoeres argus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) Buntogon Labayan Argus wrasse Peacock wrasse Wrasse labe Kumadori-kyûsen Nihola നിഹൊള  നിഹോള Bayan Nuri tikus Bungat Mameng Cá Mó chấm Bagondon Barugudun Bugok Lubayan Mul-mul Taysiw 大眼海猪鱼 大眼海豬魚 柄斑海猪鱼 柄斑海豬魚 珠光海猪鱼 珠光海豬魚 Halichoeres fijiensis Herre, 1935 Halichoeres guttatus (non Gmelin, 1789) Halichoeres leparensis (Bleeker, 1853) Julis leparensis Bleeker, 1853 Julis polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1853 Labrus argus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 Labrus guttatus (non Gmelin, 1789) Labrus guttatus Bloch, 1791 Labrus guttulatus Lacepède, 1801 1991-12-20 2018-04-13 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Herre, A.W.C.T.0 Check list of Philippine fishes. Res. Rep. U.S. Fish Wild. Serv. (20):1-977. (Ref. 280) Bloch, M.E. and J.G. Schneider0 M.E. 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Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) Balisco, R.A.T., V.S. Ticzon, B.R. Samaniego, W.-C. Huang, B.J. Gonzales and T.-Y. Liao0 Marine fishes of Palawan, Philippines: species diversity, new records, and conservation status. Regional Studies in Marine Science 60(2023) 102825:1-10. (Ref. 130287) Price, S.A., S.T. Friedman, K.A. Corn, O. Larouche, K. Brockelsby, A.J. Lee, M. Nagaraj, N.G. Bertrand, M. Danao, M.C. Coyne, J.R. Estrada, R. Friedman, E. Hoeft, M. Iwan, D. Gross, J.H. Kao, B. Landry, M.J. Linares, C. McGlinn and …0 FishShapes v1: Functionally relevant measurements of teleost shape and size on three dimensions. Ecology 103(e3829):1-2. (Ref. 137577) FB-pic-4857-2784 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage image/jpeg John E. Randall 1995-02-06 2023-06-30 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License. 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Original author and source must be properly acknowledged WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4857 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution http://www.fishbase.us/images/species/Haarg_f1.jpg http://www.fishbase.us/images/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Haarg_f1.jpg FB-GeneralDescr-4857 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-12-20 00:00:00 2018-04-13 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4857 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Uses Found usually in groups (Ref. 90102) in shallow coastal reefs and seagrass flats (Ref. 9710), also in algae-rocky reef flats and lagoons (Ref. 48636). Randall, J.E. 1980 Two new Indo-Pacific labrid fishes of the genus <i>Halichoeres</i>, with notes on other species of the genus. Pac. Sci. 34(4):415-432. (Ref. 2136) FB-DiagnosticDescr-4857 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-01-15 00:00:00 2013-01-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4857 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#LifeCycle Young green when in seagrasses and greenish brown on reefs. Recognized by the unusual color patterns on the cheek or the black spotted scales over the back (Ref. 48636). Preserved male specimens with pale spots on scales; dark spot behind eye (continuous with a bifurcating dark band which extends ventrally); another on opercle; a dark band on snout from upper lip to eye; head with bands; spot on upper caudal base may be present or absent (present in females). Anterior lateral line scales with 1-3 pores (usually 2); 5-6 suborbital pores. Anterior dorsal and anal soft rays longer than posterior rays; pelvic fins of males relatively short, not reaching anus. Randall, J.E. 1980 Two new Indo-Pacific labrid fishes of the genus <i>Halichoeres</i>, with notes on other species of the genus. Pac. Sci. 34(4):415-432. (Ref. 2136) FB-Morphology-4857 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1992-01-15 00:00:00 2013-01-15 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4857 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 12; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 11 - 12; Vertebrae: 25 Randall, J.E. 1980 Two new Indo-Pacific labrid fishes of the genus <i>Halichoeres</i>, with notes on other species of the genus. Pac. Sci. 34(4):415-432. (Ref. 2136) FB-Distribution-4857 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-12-20 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4857 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats Indo-West Pacific: Sri Lanka to Fiji (Ref. 9710) and Tonga (Ref. 53797), north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia. Randall, J.E. 1980 Two new Indo-Pacific labrid fishes of the genus <i>Halichoeres</i>, with notes on other species of the genus. Pac. Sci. 34(4):415-432. (Ref. 2136) FB-Uses-4857 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-12-20 00:00:00 2018-04-13 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4857 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: commercial; price category: very high; price reliability: very questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this family Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III 1990 Dr. Burgess's atlas of marine aquarium fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. 768 p. FB-TrophicStrategy-4857 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Auda Kareen Ortañez 2007-08-15 00:00:00 2018-04-13 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public argus http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Occurs inshore (Ref. 75154). Found usually in groups (Ref. 90102) in shallow coastal reefs and seagrass flats (Ref. 9710), also in algae-rocky reef flats and lagoons (Ref. 48636). Nguyen, N.T. and V.Q. Nguyen 2006 Biodiversity and living resources of the coral reef fishes in Vietnam marine waters. Science and Technology Publishing House, Hanoi. (Ref. 58534) FB-Size-4857 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-12-20 00:00:00 2018-04-13 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4857 12.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 2272)) Burgess, W.E., H.R. Axelrod and R.E. Hunziker III 1990 Dr. Burgess's Atlas der Meerwasser Aquarium Fische. Bede Verlag, Kollnburg, Germany. FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-4857 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 1991-12-20 00:00:00 2018-04-13 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=4857 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 - 15 m (Ref. 86942) Fricke, R., M. Kulbicki and L. Wantiez 2011 Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 4:341-463. (Ref. 86942)