Halichoeres iridis

Halichoeres iridis (*)

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Labroidei
Familia: Labridae
Genus: Halichoeres
Species: Halichoeres iridis

Name

Halichoeres iridis Randall & Smith, 1982

Holotype: BPBM 16335. [Paratypes: ANSP 107141 (1), 107164 (6), 107180 (1), 107422 (1), 107544 (12), 111003 (1); BMNH 1980.5.20.3 (1); BPBM 16394 (1), 18057 (1), 22942 (2), 22954-55 (1, 1); CAS 46032 (1); ROM 35935 (1), 35940 (2); SAIAB [formerly RUSI] 972 (3); USNM 221542 (1)].

Type locality: Medine, about 1 mile north of Flic en Flac, west coast off La Fouche, Mauritius, depth 30 meters.

References

* Randall, J.E. & M.M. Smith 1982: A review of the labrid fishes of the genus Halichoeres of the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of six new species. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 45: 1-26.
* Parenti, P. & J.E. Randall 2000: An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, 68: 1-97.
* FishBase link : species Halichoeres iridis (Mirror site)

Vernacular names
Internationalization
English: Wrasse