Clouded rainbow fish
Halichoeres nebulosus
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 44 diving areas across 28 countries and 8 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 5 records
- Rarotonga, Cook Islands - 1 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 3 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 19 records
- Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 1 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 1 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 8 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 4 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 3 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 5 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 7 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 9 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 6 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 6 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 2 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 2 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 3 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 3 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 19 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 10 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 6 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 5 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 1 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 4 records
- Deep South, Egypt - 1 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 8 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 1 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 24 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 19 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 19 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 123 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 15 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 1 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 17 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 18 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 9 records