THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| yellowcheek wrasseHalichoeres cyanocephalus (Bloch, 1791) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres dimidiatus (Agassiz, 1831) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres discolor Bussing, 1983 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| chameleon wrasseHalichoeres dispilus (Günther, 1864) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres erdmanni Randall & Allen, 2010 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| redback wrasseHalichoeres garnoti (Valenciennes, 1839) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres gurrobyi Victor, 2016 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres hartzfeldii (Bleeker, 1852) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres hilomeni Randall & Allen, 2010 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| checkerboard wrasseHalichoeres hortulanus (Lacepède, 1801) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres inornatus (Gilbert, 1890) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Socorro wrasseHalichoeres insularis Allen & Robertson, 1992 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres iridis Randall & Smith, 1982 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres kallochroma (Bleeker, 1853) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres kneri Bleeker, 1862 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| jewelled wrasseHalichoeres lapillus Smith, 1947 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres leptotaenia Randall & Earle, 1994 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres leucoxanthus Randall & Smith, 1982 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres leucurus (Walbaum, 1792) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| clown wrasseHalichoeres maculipinna (Müller & Troschel, 1848) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres malpelo Allen & Robertson, 1992 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes, 1839) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| splendid rainbow wrasseHalichoeres marginatus Rüppell, 1835 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres melanochir Fowler & Bean, 1928 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| golden wrasseHalichoeres melanotis (Gilbert, 1890) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres melanurus (Bleeker, 1851) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres melas Randall & Earle, 1994 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres miniatus (Valenciennes, 1839) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| nebulous wrasseHalichoeres nebulosus (Valenciennes, 1839) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| spinster wrasseHalichoeres nicholsi (Jordan & Gilbert, 1882) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| banded wrasseHalichoeres notospilus (Günther, 1864) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres orientalis Randall, 1999 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres pallidus Kuiter & Randall, 1995 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres papilionaceus (Valenciennes, 1839) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres pardaleocephalus (Bleeker, 1849) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres pelicieri Randall & Smith, 1982 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres penrosei Starks, 1913 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| rainbow wrasseHalichoeres pictus (Poey, 1860) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres podostigma (Bleeker, 1854) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| blackear wrasseHalichoeres poeyi (Steindachner, 1867) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| bluefishHalichoeres radiatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres rubricephalus Kuiter & Randall, 1995 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| zigzag wrasseHalichoeres scapularis (Bennett, 1832) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres trimaculatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres trispilus Randall & Smith, 1982 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres vrolikii (Bleeker, 1855) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres zeylonicus (Bennett, 1833) | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Halichoeres zulu Randall & King, 2010 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Atlantic gray sealHalichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791) | PhocidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.