Adorned wrasse
Halichoeres cosmetus
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 14 diving areas across 9 countries and 1 regions.
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 20 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 11 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 1 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 21 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 3 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 17 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 3 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 59 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 37 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 58 records