Black wrasse

Black wrasse
	Halichoeres adustus (darker fish) around a Guineafowl Pufferfish (Arothron meleagris) (lighter fish)
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Halichoeres
Species:	H. adustus
Binomial name
	Halichoeres adustus; (C. H. Gilbert, 1890)
Synonyms
	Pseudojulis adustus C. H. Gilbert, 1890;

Halichoeres adustus, the Black wrasse, is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Pacific Ocean where it occurs around Cocos Island, the Revillagigedo Islands, Tres Marias Islands and the Galapagos.^[1] This species prefers areas with rocky bottoms at depths of from 1 to 3 metres (3.3 to 9.8 ft). It can reach a length of 12.5 centimetres (4.9 in) TL.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Allen, G. & Edgar, G. 2010. Halichoeres adustus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 09 November 2013.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Halichoeres adustus" in FishBase. August 2013 version.

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