Halichoeres argus

Halichoeres argus, or the Argus wrasse, is a species of salt water wrasse found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean from Sri Lanka to Fiji and Tonga, then north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia.[1]

Halichoeres argus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Halichoeres
Species:
H. argus
Binomial name
Halichoeres argus
Synonyms
  • Labrus argus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
  • Labrus guttatus Bloch, 1791
  • Labrus guttulatus Lacépède, 1801
  • Julis polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1853
  • Julis leparensis Bleeker, 1853
  • Halichoeres leparensis (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Halichoeres fijiensis Herre, 1935

Size

This species reaches a length of 12.0 cm (4.7 in).[2]

References
  1. Randall, J.E., 1980. Two new Indo-Pacific labrid fishes of the genus Halichoeres, with notes on other species of the genus. Pac. Sci. 34(4):415-432.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Halichoeres argus" in FishBase. August 2019 version.


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