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Halichoeres garnoti (Yellowhead wrasse)

Synonyms: Iridio decoratus; Julis cinctus; Julis garnoti; Julis ruptus
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Wikipedia Abstract

The yellowhead wrasse, Halichoeres garnoti, is a fish species belonging to wrasse family native to shallow tropical waters in the Caribbean Sea and western Atlantic Ocean.
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Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Anisotremus virginicus (Porkfish)1
Bodianus rufus (Spanish hogfish)1
Haemulon aurolineatum (Seize)1
Haemulon sciurus (Yellow grunt)1
Halichoeres maculipinna (Slippery okra)1

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Food Habits of Reef Fishes of the West Indies, John E. Randall, Stud. Trop. Oceanogr. 5, 665–847 (1967)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0