Spinster wrasse
Halichoeres nicholsi
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 8 diving areas across 4 countries and 3 regions.
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica - 5 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 1 records
- Bocas del Toro, Panama - 34 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 33 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 10 records
- Socorro Islands, Mexico - 16 records
- Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 661 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 32 records