Halichoeres hartzfeldii

Halichoeres hartzfeldii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Halichoeres
Species:	H. hartzfeldii
Binomial name
	Halichoeres hartzfeldii; (Bleeker, 1849)
Synonyms
	Julis hartzfeldii Bleeker, 1852 ; Halichoeres hardzfeldi (Bleeker, 1852) ; Halichoeres hartzfeldi (Bleeker, 1852) ;

Halichoeres hartzfeldii, Hartzfeld's wrasse, is a species of salt water wrasse found in the Western Pacific Ocean.[1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 18.0 cm (7.1 in).[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of German physician Joseph Hartzfeld (1815–1885), the Principal Medical Officer of the Royal Dutch East Indies Army, who collected the type specimen, and whose collections, improved the scientific knowledge of the fish fauna of the Ambon Islands.[3]

References

Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Halichoeres hartzfeldii" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order LABRIFORMES: Family LABRIDAE (a-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

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[1] Myers, R.F., 1991. Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p.

[Fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Halichoeres hartzfeldii" in FishBase. August 2019 version.

[ETYFish-3] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order LABRIFORMES: Family LABRIDAE (a-h)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 23 February 2023.