Galapagos Species Database
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Halichoeres inornatus
Lábridos, Wrasses
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Order
Eupercaria incertae sedis
Family
Labridae
Genus
Halichoeres
Species
inornatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Halichoeres raisneri Baldwin & McCosker, 2001, Pseudojulis inornatus Gilbert, 1890, Pseudojuloides inornatus (Gilbert, 1890), Sagittalarva inornatus (Gilbert, 1890) fide Horton et al. ( 2021).
Origin: Native
Distribution: (H. raisneri) Cocos and Galapagos Islands, SE Wolf (Baldwin & McCosker, 2001).
- Baldwin, C.C. McCosker, J.E. (2001) Wrasses of the Galápagos Islands, with the description of a new deepwater species of Halichoeres (Perciformes: Labridae). Rev. Biol. Trop. 49 Supl. 1: 89-100.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- McCosker, J.E. Rosenblatt, R.H. (2010) The fishes of the Galápagos Archipelago: an update. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sc., Ser. 4, vol. 61, Suppl. II, no. 11: 167-195.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Halichoeres inornatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=24696. Accessed 31 October 2026.