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Halichoeres radiatus
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 48 diving areas across 29 countries and 4 regions.
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 6 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 2 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 1 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 4 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 3418 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 2 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 5 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 18 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 16 records
- South Coast, Barbados - 48 records
- West Coast, Barbados - 48 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 6 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 2 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 356 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 241 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 2 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 3 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 2 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 3 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 35 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 20 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 19 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 1 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 41 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 8 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 211 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 292 records
- Rincon & West Coast, Puerto Rico - 332 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 6 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 34 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 33 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 13 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 13 records
- Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago - 24 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 637 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 294 records
- Ambergris Caye, Belize - 11 records
- Lighthouse Reef, Belize - 29 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 2 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 18 records
- Utila, Honduras - 21 records
- Yucatán Cenotes, Mexico - 2 records
- Salvador & Bahia, Brazil - 8 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 3 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 14 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 9 records