Argus Wrasse

Halichoeres argus

Fish
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth0–135 m
Water temperature25–30 °C
Best monthsApril, May, and June
How commonOccasional

About this species

Halichoeres argus, or the Argus wrasse, is a species of salt water wrasse found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean from Sri Lanka to Fiji and Tonga, then north to Taiwan, south to northern Australia.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Halichoeres argus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 12 records
February: 4 records
March: 9 records
April: 15 records
May: 19 records
June: 18 records
July: 11 records
August: 7 records
September: 8 records
October: 5 records
November: 9 records
December: 6 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0–135 m · Deepest record: 135 m

0–10 m: 62 records
10–20 m: 6 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 20 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 25–30 °C

24–26 °C: 1 records
26–28 °C: 40 records
28–30 °C: 117 records

Names and classification

English: Argus Wrasse, Peacock Wrasse

Names in 6 more languages

German: Seegras-Junker
Filipino: Bungat, Mameng
French: Labre argus
Japanese: Kumadorikyusen, Kumadori-kyûsen, クマドリキュウセン
Thai: ปลานกขุนทองลายจุด
Simplified Chinese: 大眼儒艮鯛, 孔雀龍, 柳冷仔, 珠光海豬魚, 珠光海豬魚（大眼海豬魚）

Other scientific names: Halichoeres fijiensis, Halichoeres leparensis, Julis leparensis, Julis polyophthalmus, Labrus argus, Labrus guttatus, Labrus guttulatus

Similar species

Checkerboard wrasse
Halichoeres hortulanus
Canary Wrasse
Halichoeres chrysus
duskytailed rainbowfish
Halichoeres melanurus
Half-grey Wrasse
Halichoeres prosopeion
Biocellated Wrasse
Halichoeres biocellatus
Black-blotched Rainbowfish
Halichoeres chloropterus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
294 open-data records from 1909 to 2023.

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