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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses) > Corinae
Etymology: Halichoeres: Greek, als, alis = salt + Greek, choiros = pig (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Beebe & Tee-Van.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 27 - 190 m (Ref. 9626), usually 27 - ? m (Ref. 9710). Subtropical; 37°N - 8°N, 98°W - 59°W

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Western Atlantic: North Carolina (USA), Bermuda, and northeastern Gulf of Mexico to Yucatan, Mexico. Also recorded from Margarita Island, Venezuela (Ref. 9626). Reports from Brazil (Ref. 40101) refers to .H. sazimai (O. Luiz, pers.comm. 04/10).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 23.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7251)

Inhabits deep reefs (Ref. 9710). Traded as an aquarium fish at Ceará, Brazil (Ref. 49392).

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Robins, C.R. and G.C. Ray, 1986. A field guide to Atlantic coast fishes of North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, U.S.A. 354 p. (Ref. 7251)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 06 November 2008

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial

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Halichoeres bathyphilus (Beebe & Tee-Van, 1932)