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Halichoeres inornatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Halichoeres
Species:	H. inornatus
Binomial name
Halichoeres inornatus (C. H. Gilbert, 1890)
Synonyms
Pseudojulis inornatus C. H. Gilbert, 1890 Pseudojuloides inornatus (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) Sagittalarva inornatus (C. H. Gilbert, 1890) Halichoeres raisneri C. C. Baldwin & McCosker, 2001

Halichoeres inornatus, the cape wrasse, is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Pacific Ocean from Baja California to Colombia, including Cocos Island, Malpelo Island, and the Galapagos. It is a deep-water species recorded as occurring down to about 150 m (490 ft). This species grows to 16.2 cm (6.4 in) in standard length. This species was previously treated as the only known member of the genus Sagittalarva.

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Halichoeres inornatus". FishBase. February 2022 version.
2. Victor, B.C., Alfaro, M.E. & Sorenson, L. (2013): Rediscovery of Sagittalarva inornata n. gen., n. comb. (Gilbert, 1890) (Perciformes: Labridae), a long-lost deepwater fish from the eastern Pacific Ocean: a case study of a forensic approach to taxonomy using DNA barcoding. Zootaxa, 3669 (4): 551–570.

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