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Chain-lined Wrasse
Halichoeres richmondi Fowler & Bean, 1928
Also calledBodião-de-Richmond (por) · Goshikikyusen (jpn) · Richmonds Junker (deu) · ゴシキキュウセン (jpn)
First described in: Fowler, H. W.; Bean, B. A. (1928). Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. The fishes of the families Pomacentridae, Labridae, and Callyodontidae, collected by the ... steamer "Albatross," chiefly in Philippine seas and adjacent waters. <em>Bulletin of the United States National Museum.</em> No. 100, v. 7: i-viii + 1-525, Pls. 1-49.
Halichoeres richmondi, commonly called the Richmond's wrasse or chain-lined wrasse, is a fish species in the wrasse family native from the central Indo-Pacific.
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distribution
Distribution and habitat. New Ireland: 2. — General distribution: Indonesia east to Marshall and Solomon Islands, north to Ryukyu Islands. Found in sheltered reefs, 1 – 15 m depth. Marine.
Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records
materials_examined
Status at New Ireland. New record, based on specimens observed in Kavieng Lagoon by Jeff Kinch during ACIAR Aquarium Survey in 2013 (see Teitelbaum et al. 2013: 15).
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Description
The Richmond's wrasse is a small fish that can reach a maximum length of 19 cm. It has a thin, elongate body with a terminal mouth and a more pointed snout than other wrasse belonging to genus Halichoeres. Body coloration has few variations according to age. The juvenile has a light blue-green background color with many orange stripes. It has also two black ocellus: the first one on top part of its caudal peduncle and the second one in the middle of its dorsal fin. A black spot occurs on the first rays of the dorsal fin. Juveniles and females have in common an orange anal fin. Mature male are quite different. Their body is greenish with many fin blue lines that are chain-like. A concave head profile with a green-brown color. The external border of their dorsal, caudal and anal fins are blue.
Range & habitat
The chain-lined wrasse is widespread throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the central Indo-Pacific, from Indonesia to Philippines and from Solomon Islands to south Japan. This wrasse occurs in shallow waters from lagoons and channels rich in soft coral down to a depth of 12 meters.
In human culture
Halichoeres richmondi was described in 1928 by the American ichthyologists Henry Weed Fowler and Barton Appler Bean with the type locality given as Inamucan Bay on Mindanao in the Philippines. The specific name honours the ornithologist Charles Wallace Richmond (1868-1932) of the United States National Museum.
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