Golden wrasse
Halichoeres chrysus
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Halichoeres
Where to Find
Found in 21 diving areas across 10 countries and 4 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 6 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 1 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 2 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 2 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 15 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 2 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 1 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 47 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 24 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 22 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 8 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 21 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 27 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 29 records