Halichoeres nebulosus (Valenciennes, 1839)

Cloud Wrasse

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Life Science Identifier (LSID):

urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:9d059944-2228-4c1d-b400-ca19c66dcd35

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http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/ogc/ows?q=species:Halichoeres nebulosus
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Species presence

 Recorded In Australia
 Marine Habitats

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  • representative image of taxa
    Source: Australian National Fish Collection Images
    Image by: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum
    Rights: B. Hutchins, Western Australian Museum

Description

Adult Cloud Wrasse have a boomerang-shaped pinkish mark on the cheek. The fish in the image is a juvenile in which the anterior part of the boomerang marking is indistinct but the descending posterior region is visible. source: Australian Museum Factsheets

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Species Lists

RLS profile v3
Diet: Benthic Mobile Inverts
Common_Name: Clouded wrasse;Cloud wrasse
Range: 1703.985
Commercial_Uses: None, other than trivial captures for aquarium trade
IUCN_Threat_status: Least Concern
Threats: No major threats to this species are known
Depth: (0–16 m)
Invasive: Not known to be invasive
Frequency: 5.189
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific and Red sea
Abundance: 7.981
Max_size: 120 mm

Names and sources

Accepted name Source
Halichoeres nebulosus

Synonyms

Synonyms Source
Julis nebulosus Valenciennes, 1839
Published in: Valenciennes, A. in Cuvier, G.L. & Valenciennes, A. 1839. Histoire Naturelle des Poissons Paris : Levrault Vol. 13 pp. 505 pp. pls 369-388
Pseudojulis maculifer Castelnau, 1875
Published in: Castelnau, F.L. de 1875. Researches on the fishes of Australia. Intercolonial Exhibition Essays. 2. pp. 1–52 in, Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876 : Official Record. Melbourne

Common Names

Common name Source
Cloud Wrasse
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Clouded Rainbow Fish
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Clouded Wrasse
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Nebulous Wrasse
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Clouded Rainbow-fish
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Nebulosus Wrasse
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Picture Wrasse
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Working classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
suprageneric
GNATHOSTOMATA
suprageneric
PISCES
class
ACTINOPTERYGII
subphylum
EUTELEOSTEI
superorder
ACANTHOPTERYGII
order
PERCIFORMES
suborder
LABROIDEI
family
LABRIDAE
subfamily
Labrinae
genus
Halichoeres
species
Halichoeres nebulosus  Recorded in Australia

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