Cheek-ring Wrasse
Halichoeres miniatus
- Usual depth1–10 m
- Water temperature24–30 °C
- Best monthsJune
- How commonRare
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 1 records
- February: 2 records
- March: 2 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 9 records
- June: 49 records
- July: 8 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 12 records
- October: 2 records
- November: 7 records
- December: 6 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 1–10 m · Deepest record: 12 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 24–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Cheek-ring Wrasse, Circle-cheek Wrasse, Spotted-finned Rainbow-fish, Spotted-Finned Rainbowfish
Names in 3 more languages
- Filipino
- Mameng
- Japanese
- Hohowakyusen, Hohowa-kyûsen, ホホワキュウセン
- Simplified Chinese
- 小儒艮鯛, 小海豬魚, 柳冷仔, 臀點海豬魚
Other scientific names: Halichoeres annulatus, Julis miniatus, Pseudojulis murrayensis
Similar species
Checkerboard wrasseHalichoeres hortulanus
Canary WrasseHalichoeres chrysus
duskytailed rainbowfishHalichoeres melanurus
Half-grey WrasseHalichoeres prosopeion
- Argus Wrasse
Halichoeres argus
- Biocellated Wrasse
Halichoeres biocellatus
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.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 417 open-data records from 1931 to 2013.
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