Sealife guideThe yellowhead wrasseHalichoeres garnoti

Last updated on 04/20/2024 at 12:20 AM

Taxonomy

Common name: Yellowhead wrasse
French name: Labre à tête jaune
Scientific name: Halichoeres garnoti (Valenciennes, 1839)
Family name: Labridae
Order name: Perciformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

Did you know ?

The yellowhead wrasse is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The yellowhead wrasse appears in the IUCN Red List since 2010 within the category Least Concern !

The yellowhead wrasse (Halichoeres garnoti)

Within the same genus

Canary wrasse
(Halichoeres chrysus)

Checkerboard wrasse
(Halichoeres hortulanus)

Tail-spot wrasse
(Halichoeres melanurus)

Zigzag wrasse
(Halichoeres scapularis)

Within the same family

Axilspot hogfish
(Bodianus axillaris)

Blackspot razorfish
(Iniistius dea)

Fivefinger razorfish
(Iniistius pentadactylus)

Hogfish
(Lachnolaimus maximus)

Knife razorfish
(Cymolutes praetextatus)

Rockmover wrasse
(Novaculichthys taeniourus)

Tarry hogfish
(Bodianus bilunulatus)

Yellowblotch razorfish
(Iniistius aneitensis)

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Axelrod's clown blenny
(Ecsenius axelrodi)

Black axil chromis
(Chromis atripectoralis)

Blue throated triggerfish
(Xanthichthys auromarginatus)

Fangtooth moray
(Enchelycore anatina)

Leopard flounder
(Bothus pantherinus)

Longnose hawkfish
(Oxycirrhites typus)

Spotfin butterflyfish
(Chaetodon ocellatus)

Whitespotted filefish
(Cantherhines dumerilii)

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