Rainbowfish
Halichoeres hortulanus
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 76 diving areas across 39 countries and 6 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 5 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 5 records
- Great Barrier Reef, Australia - 342 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 31 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 15 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 2 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 316 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 15 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 14 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 29 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 5 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 3 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 30 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 7 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 2 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 4 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 10 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 37 records
- Rock Islands, Palau - 49 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Savai'i, Samoa - 3 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1368 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 55 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 124 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 304 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 81 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 191 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 5 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 3 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 18 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 18 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 15 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 6 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 7 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 8 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 4 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 11 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 4 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 8 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 103 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 94 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 5 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 30 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 1 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 2 records
- Deep South, Egypt - 1 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 1 records
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - 56 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 14 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 6 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 4 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 22 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 5 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 31 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 27 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 31 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 23 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 13 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 7 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 146 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 171 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 18 records