Halichoeres malpelo

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Labriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Labriformes

Familia: Labridae
Genus: Halichoeres
Species: Halichoeres malpelo

Name

Halichoeres malpelo Allen & Robertson, 1992

Holotype: ICNMNH 1784. [Paratypes: ICNMNH 1785 (2); USNM 321181 (2); WAM P.30389-002 (2)].

Type locality: Malpelo Island, eastern Pacific west of Colombia, about 4°00'N, 81°31'W, depth 10 meters.

References

• Allen, G.R. & D.R. Robertson 1992: Deux nouvelles espèces de Girelles (Labridae: Halichoeres) du Pacifique oriental tropical. Revue française d'Aquariologie Herpetologie, 19(1-2): 47–52.
• 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.
• Halichoeres malpelo in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Malpelo Wrasse