Sealife guideThe yellowhead wrasseHalichoeres garnoti
Taxonomy
- Common name: Yellowhead wrasse
- French name: Labre à tête jaune
- Scientific name: Halichoeres garnoti (Valenciennes, 1839)
- Family name: Labridae
- Order name: Perciformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
Did you know ?
The yellowhead wrasse is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The yellowhead wrasse appears in the IUCN Red List since 2010 within the category Least Concern !
Within the same genus

Tail-spot wrasse
(Halichoeres melanurus)
(Halichoeres melanurus)

Canary wrasse
(Halichoeres chrysus)
(Halichoeres chrysus)

Checkerboard wrasse
(Halichoeres hortulanus)
(Halichoeres hortulanus)

Zigzag wrasse
(Halichoeres scapularis)
(Halichoeres scapularis)
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(Coris aygula)
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Ornate wrasse
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(Cymolutes praetextatus)
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(Larabicus quadrilineatus)
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(Lachnolaimus maximus)
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(Anampses caeruleopunctatus)
(Anampses caeruleopunctatus)

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(Bodianus rufus)
(Bodianus rufus)

Red sea thicklip wrasse
(Hemigymnus sexfasciatus)
(Hemigymnus sexfasciatus)
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