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Pastel-green Wrasse

Halichoeres chloropterus

Also known as: Black-blotched Rainbowfish, Black-blotched Wrasse, Darkblotch Wrasse, Green Coris, Green Coris Wrasse, Green Wrasse, Green-spotted Wrasse, Jade Wrasse, Java Wrasse, Rainbowfish, Sand-Reef Wrasse

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
Juvenile
@fishx6 · Lighthouse Bommie - Coral Sea, Australia · July 20091 / 4

Showing details for the juvenile stage. Switch stages to see how it differs.

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Overview

Juveniles have dark spots along the upper side and towards the tail, markings that disappear as they mature.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Behaviour
solitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Western Central Pacific
  • Exact location · 3
  • Country only · 1
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Juvenile photos 4

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Discussion 1

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  • Keren Painter· 20 Oct 2011

    Hello. I have a jade wrasse. had him for about 3 years now and would say he measures about 6 inches. He's losing his colour. He's gone quite pale. Beautiful colours around his gills, but a very washed out pale green to his body. Is this ok.

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Taxonomy

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
  5. familyLabridae
  6. genusHalichoeres
  7. speciesHalichoeres chloropterus (Bloch, 1791)

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More in the family

Wrasses (Labridae)