Brownbanded wrasse
Halichoeres scapularis
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 51 diving areas across 29 countries and 6 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 1 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 2 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 3 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 3 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 5 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 2 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 4 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 3 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 8 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 6 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 5 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 8 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 5 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 7 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 4 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 9 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 14 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 3 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 90 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 5 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 5 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 4 records
- El Gouna, Egypt - 6 records
- Hurghada, Egypt - 6 records
- Safaga, Egypt - 6 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 9 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 2 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 4 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 3 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 6 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 25 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 5 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 20 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 3 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 23 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 23 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 2 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 15 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 3 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 3 records