Dusky Wrasse

Halichoeres marginatus

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

WoRMS Database

Where to Find

Found in 66 diving areas across 34 countries and 6 regions.

• Christmas Island, Australia - 13 records
• Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 13 records
• Rowley Shoals, Australia - 9 records
• Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 3 records
• Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 2 records
• Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 109 records
• Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 3 records
• Fakarava, French Polynesia - 7 records
• Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 44 records
• Pohnpei, Micronesia - 2 records
• Yap, Micronesia - 2 records
• Niue West Coast, Niue - 6 records
• Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 8 records
• Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
• Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 2 records
• Upolu, Samoa - 253 records
• Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 4 records
• Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 13 records
• Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 88 records
• Tongatapu, Tonga - 40 records
• Vava'u Group, Tonga - 90 records
• Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 15 records
• Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 8 records
• Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 3 records
• Kerama Islands, Japan - 11 records
• Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 6 records
• Green Island, Taiwan - 4 records
• Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 6 records
• Andaman Islands, India - 2 records
• Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
• North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 8 records
• Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 8 records
• South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 8 records
• Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 15 records
• Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 10 records
• Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 2 records
• Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
• Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 16 records
• Inner Islands, Seychelles - 35 records
• Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
• Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 8 records
• Deep South, Egypt - 1 records
• El Gouna, Egypt - 4 records
• Hurghada, Egypt - 4 records
• Safaga, Egypt - 5 records
• Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 1 records
• Eilat, Israel - 4 records
• Aqaba, Jordan - 4 records
• Bali, Indonesia - 6 records
• Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
• Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
• Sulawesi, Indonesia - 2 records
• Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 3 records
• Redang Island, Malaysia - 3 records
• Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 6 records
• Apo Reef, Philippines - 4 records
• Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
• Dumaguete, Philippines - 10 records
• Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 1 records
• Visayas, Philippines - 7 records
• Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 2 records
• Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 11 records
• Similan Islands, Thailand - 8 records
• Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 6 records
• Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 9 records
• Nha Trang, Vietnam - 8 records