| Puddingwife wrasse | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Halichoeres |
| Species: | H. radiatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Halichoeres radiatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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The puddingwife wrasse, Halichoeres radiatus, is a species of wrasse native to the western Atlantic Ocean from North Carolina to Bermuda, through the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, to offshore islands of Brazil, being absent from Brazilian coastal waters. It can be found on reefs at depths from 2 to 55 m (6.6 to 180.4 ft), with younger fish up to subadults being found in much shallower waters from 1 to 5 m (3.3 to 16.4 ft). This species can reach 51 cm (20 in) in total length, though most do not exceed 40 cm (16 in). This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can be found in the aquarium trade. Rice & Kulkija.
References
- Rocha, L.; Craig, M. (2010). "Halichoeres radiatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T187736A8616408. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187736A8616408.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Halichoeres radiatus". FishBase. August 2019 version.
- Rocha, Luiz A; Robertson, D. Ross; Roman, Joe; Bowen, Brian W (2005-03-22). "Ecological speciation in tropical reef fishes". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 272 (1563): 573–579. doi:10.1098/2004.3005. PMC 1564072. PMID 15817431.
External links
- Photos of Puddingwife wrasse on Sealife Collection
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Halichoeres radiatus | |
| Labrus radiatus | |
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