identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
FB408781D86BFF80FCCEFF5CFD66F364.text	FB408781D86BFF80FCCEFF5CFD66F364.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Halichoeres javanicus (BLEEKER)	<div><p>STATUS OF HALICHOERES JAVANICUS (BLEEKER)</p> <p>Bleeker (1857: 341) described Julis (Halichoeres) javanicus from one specimen 83 mm in total length from Karangbollong on the south coast of Java. Eschmeyer (2010) provided additional data on the type locality as follows: Karang- Bollong Bay, on northeastern tip of Nusa Kambangan Island, 4.5 km southeast to Cilacap, Jawa Tengah Province, Java, Indonesia, Eastern Indian Ocean, ~ 7°45'34"S 109°02'32"E. Bleeker (1862: 125, Pl. 40 Fig. 3) added Singapore as a locality and illustrated the species in colour in his Atlas Ichthyologique.</p> <p>Kuiter (2002: 115) published six colour figures identified as Halichoeres javanicus, three from the Seribu Islands, Java and three from Singapore. Each of us has underwater photos like those of Kuiter’s photographs from Singapore (Figs. A, C, and D of page 115) that we believed to be colour variants of H. nigrescens. However, we realised Kuiter’s photographs might represent the true H. javanicus. Recent collection of specimens by the second author and Mark V. Erdmann from West Papua, Indonesia, with the same colour pattern as the three figures of H. javanicus in Kuiter’s book provided the opportunity for comparison with Bishop Museum specimens of H. nigrescens from Java, Singapore, the Philippines, and Queensland. We could find no differences in fin-ray, scale, or gill-raker counts, and nothing is evident in body and fin proportions. However, a difference was found in the number of sensory pores behind and below the eye, beginning with one posterior to the upper edge of the pupil and ending below the anterior end of the orbit. The Bishop Museum specimens identified as H. nigrescens have 11–13 pores. The specimens from West Papua with a colour pattern like Kuiter’s three figures labeled H. javanicus have 6 or 7 such pores. We then asked Martien van Oijen of the Nationaal Natuurhistorische Museum in Leiden to check the number of pores on the holotype of H. javanicus (RMNH 6581). He provided a photograph of the head (Fig. 1), which shows 11 pores. We therefore conclude that H. javanicus should remain a synonym of H. nigrescens, and that the specimens from West Papua represent an undescribed species.</p> <p>Tables 1 and 2 give the measurements of the new species as percentages of the standard length. Proportional measurements in the text are rounded to the nearest 0.05. Data in parentheses in the descriptions refer to the paratypes.</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FB408781D86BFF80FCCEFF5CFD66F364	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Randall, John E.;Allen, Gerald R.	Randall, John E., Allen, Gerald R. (2010): Two New Labrid Fishes Of The Genus Halichoeres From The East Indies. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 58 (2): 281-289, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342846
FB408781D868FF83FF7BFF5DFE0BF745.text	FB408781D868FF83FF7BFF5DFE0BF745.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Halichoeres exornatus (RICHARDSON)	<div><p>STATUS OF HALICHOERES EXORNATUS (RICHARDSON)</p> <p>Richardson (1846: 258–259) described Julis exornatus from watercolour paintings by Chinese artists obtained by John Reeves, who resided in Canton, and from specimens from Hong Kong. Richardson described two colour varieties in detail from the paintings. Whitehead (1969) reproduced many of the paintings in black and white from the Reeves Collection of Chinese Fish Drawings in the Natural History Museum in London. We reproduce here, as Fig. 2, the first of two paintings used by Richardson for his Julis exornatus, as copied from the original by Whitehead (Pl. 24 C). Comparison is provided with the first author’s photograph (Fig. 3) of a male specimen of Halichoeres nigrescens from Singapore (BPBM 22058, 83 mm SL). Sadovy &amp; Cornish (2000: 207) reported H. nigrescens in Hong Kong as “the most abundant wrasse in shallow areas of corals and boulders in sheltered and exposed shores.” We confirm the treatment by Parenti &amp; Randall (2002) of Julis exornatus as a synonym of Halichoeres nigrescens.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FB408781D868FF83FF7BFF5DFE0BF745	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Randall, John E.;Allen, Gerald R.	Randall, John E., Allen, Gerald R. (2010): Two New Labrid Fishes Of The Genus Halichoeres From The East Indies. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 58 (2): 281-289, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342846
FB408781D868FF84FEBCFC7DFEF5F6C4.text	FB408781D868FF84FEBCFC7DFEF5F6C4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Halichoeres erdmanni Randall & Allen 2010	<div><p>Halichoeres erdmanni, new species</p> <p>(Figs. 4–7; Table 1)</p> <p>Halichoeres javanicus (non Bleeker, 1857) Kuiter, 2002: 115, Figs. A, B, and D (Singapore).</p> <p>Material examined. – Holotype – NCIP 6359, male, 68.0 mm, Indonesia, West Papua, Berau Bay, Fak Fak Peninsula, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=132.5&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-2.65" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 132.5/lat -2.65)">Ogar Island</a>, east side, 2°39'S 132°30'E, 8 m, spear, M. V. Erdmann, 22 Mar.2009.</p> <p>Paratypes. – BPBM 41023, 2: 47.4–64.1 mm, Indonesia, West Papua, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=132.39415&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-2.6111333" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 132.39415/lat -2.6111333)">West Eil Island</a>, Ogar Island, NW side, 2°36.668'S 132°23.649'E, 8–10 m, spear, G. R. Allen, 15 Jan.2008; WAM P.32949.002, 3: 47.3–72.2 mm, same data as preceding; NCIP 6360, 58.8 mm, WAM P.33092.001, 52.2 mm, ZRC 52034, 65.5 mm, and USNM 398522, 64.7 mm, all with same data as holotype.</p> <p>Diagnosis. – Dorsal rays IX,11; anal rays III,10–12 (usually 11); pectoral rays 14 (including very small uppermost ray); lateral-line scales 27 (one of ten with 28); head naked; nape fully scaled; most scales of straight anterior part of lateral line with two diverging surface tubules ending in a pore; suborbital pores 6 or 7; gill rakers 18–20; body depth 3.2–3.45 in SL; head length 2.9–3.0 in SL; snout length 2.85–3.25 in head length; dorsal spines progressively longer, the ninth 2.7–3.3 in head length; caudal fin slightly rounded, 1.35–1.45 in head length. Colour of small adults in alcohol: dorsal half of body with alternating dusky and pale stripes following longitudinal scale rows anteriorly, the pale stripes centred along scales, changing posterior to pectoral fins to a pale spot on each scale; six groups of three to eight small dark spots (one per scale) along side of body, the first beginning above outer part of pectoral fin; nape with small dark spots; a vertically elongate dark spot posteriorly on opercular flap; a dark band on side of snout from eye to base of upper lip; triangular black spot dorsally on base of pectoral fin, continuing above fin base and enclosing a small pale spot; an irregular black spot in dorsal fin between fifth and seventh spines; fins otherwise pale except for scaled basal part of caudal fin coloured like body. Large males lose the groups of small dark brown spots on the body. Largest specimen, 72.2 mm SL.</p> <p>Description. – Dorsal rays IX,11; anal rays III,10 (11, except one with 12); all dorsal and anal rays branched, the last to base; pectoral rays 14, uppermost rudimentary, second unbranched; pelvic rays I,5; principal caudal rays 14, upper and lower unbranched; upper procurrent caudal rays 6; lower procurrent caudal rays 5; lateral-line scales 27 (one with 28), plus 1 pored scale on caudal-fin base; scales above first lateral-line scale to base of second dorsal spine 3.5; scales above lateral line to base of ninth dorsal spine 2.5; scales below lateral line to base of first anal spine 8.5; circumpeduncular scales 20; gill rakers 20 (18–20); branchiostegal rays 5; vertebrae 25.</p> <p>Body depth 3.25 (3.2–3.55) in SL; body moderately compressed, width 1.95 (1.95–2.25) in body depth; head length 3.0 (2.9–3.0) in SL; snout length 3.0 (2.85–3.25) in head length; orbit diameter 4.6 (3.8–4.85) in head length; interorbital space convex, the least width 5.3 (4.85–5.4) in head length; caudal-peduncle depth 2.1 (2.05–2.3) in head length; caudal-peduncle length 3.2 (3.1–3.4) in head length.</p> <p>Mouth terminal, a little oblique, upper-jaw length 3.3 (3.2–3.65) in head length; 10 strong, close-set, conical teeth in outer row on side of upper jaw, and 11 in lower jaw, progressively longer and more jutting anteriorly, the anterior three slightly recurved; anteriormost tooth in jaws a canine about three-fourths pupil diameter in length; lower pair of canines fitting inside upper pair when mouth closed; a canine posteriorly on upper jaw, its length about half pupil diameter; inner row of small nodular teeth in both jaws. Tip of tongue narrowly rounded, reaching only corner of jaws. Lips large, fleshy, and deeply furrowed medially; median dorsal length of upper lip equal to pupil diameter; curving labial flap on side of lower jaw about half pupil diameter at its greatest depth. Gill rakers short, the longest about one-third length of longest filaments on first gill arch.</p> <p>Anterior nostril a very small tubule, a little above level of middle of eye, about two-thirds pupil diameter anterior to edge of orbit; posterior nostril a short oblique slit, one-half pupil diameter dorsoposterior to anterior nostril. Suborbital pores 7 (6 or 7); pores of preopercular-mandibular series 14.</p> <p>Scales cycloid; lateral line continuous, deflected downward below last two dorsal soft rays to straight peduncular part; scales of straight portion of lateral line mostly with two surface tubules that diverge to a V-shape (the angle progressively less posteriorly), each ending in a pore; down-curved and peduncular part of lateral line with a single straight tubule ending in a pore; nape fully scaled, the scales progressively smaller and more embedded anteriorly, in about nine oblique rows, nearly reaching a vertical at posterior edge of orbit; scales of prepelvic area progressively smaller anteriorly, nearly reaching gill opening, about 10 in midventral series; no scales on base of dorsal, anal, and paired fins, except for a scaly process of a terminal tapering scale and two small basal scales at midbase of pelvic fins; basal third of caudal fin with four vertical rows of scales, progressively smaller posteriorly.</p> <p>Origin of dorsal fin above first lateral-line scale, predorsal length 3.2 (2.95–3.2) in SL; dorsal spines progressively longer, the first 5.4 (5.4–5.75) in head length, and ninth 2.8 (2.7–3.3) in head length; first to third dorsal soft rays longest, 2.3 (2.25–2.6) in head length; origin of anal fin below base of ninth dorsal spine, preanal length 1.85 (1.8–1.85) in SL; first anal spine very slender and short, 8.4 (6.75–10.0) in head length; third anal spine 3.95 (3.7–4.1) in head length; first to fifth anal soft rays longest, 2.6 (2.4–2.75) in head length; caudal fin slightly rounded, 1.4 (1.35–1.45) in head length; third pectoral ray longest,1.6 (1.5–1.65) in head length; origin of pelvic fins below upper edge of pectoral-fin base, prepelvic length 2.95 (2.9–3.1) in SL; pelvic fins short, not reaching anus, 1.85 (1.65–1.95) in head length (longest in largest male).</p> <p>Colour of holotype in alcohol: dorsal half of body with alternating dusky and pale stripes following scale rows, the pale stripes centred along scales, changing posterior to pectoral fins to a pale spot on each scale; six groups of three to eight small dark spots (one per scale) along side of body, the first above outer part of pectoral fin; nape with small dark spots; a vertically elongate dark spot posteriorly on opercular flap; dark band on side of snout from eye to base of upper lip; triangular black spot dorsally on base of pectoral fin, continuing above fin base and enclosing a small pale spot; irregular black spot in dorsal fin between fifth and seventh spines of male specimens; fins otherwise pale except for scaled basal part of caudal fin coloured like body; peritoneum white.</p> <p>The life colour of the holotype was not recorded, but Figs. 5–7 provide the colour of individuals estimated to be about 50, 65, and 70 mm SL.</p> <p>Etymology. – This species is named in honour of our esteemed colleague Mark V. Erdmann, who collected the holotype and three of the paratypes.</p> <p>Remarks. – The localities for this species include the northern Gulf of Thailand, Singapore, and Berau Bay, West Papua, Indonesia, all areas of protected seas. The sea was murky where underwater photographs were taken in Singapore and the Gulf of Thailand. Ogar Island, the type locality, is one of the Sariga Islands, which lie 3–8 km off the dense mangrove shore of Berau Bay, West Papua. The coast of the islands is a combination of mangrove, rocky shore, and an occasional sand beach. The inshore habitat of the islands consists of low-diversity, fringing coral reef exposed to turbidity and siltation. The underwater visibility was often less than 3 m, and the tidal current can be very strong. The species was observed at depths of 8– 25 m.</p> <p>Halichoeres erdmanni is distinguished from H. nigrescens by having one fewer dorsal and anal soft rays (11 for H. erdmanni and 12 for H. nigrescens) and in the number of suborbital sensory pores. Our ten specimens of H. erdmanni have 6 or 7 pores, compared to 11 to 13 for 20 specimens of H. nigrescens from the Philippines, Singapore, Java, and Queensland. Also, most of the anterior scales of the straight portion of the lateral line of H. erdmanni have two surface tubules that diverge to a V-shape, ending in a pore, whereas most of the anterior scales of H. nigrescens have three long surface tubules that diverge from a common base. In addition, there are obvious differences in colouration. H. nigrescens lacks the groups of small dark spots along the body as seen in the female of H. erdmanni, and H. erdmanni lacks the row of four or five white spots along the midside of the body that may be seen on adults of H. nigrescens.</p> <p>Halichoeres erdmanni appears to be most closely related to the Indo-Malayan H. binotopsis (Bleeker), sharing the same meristic data and similarity in colour pattern, such as the series of small dark spots on the body of juveniles and females. The dark spots in H. binotopsis are evenly spaced to form continuous broad bars that extend nearly across the body. The spots in H. erdmanni form clumps instead of continuous bars. The males of H. binotopsis differ mainly in having six narrow green bars on the upper half of the body.</p> <p>Material of Halichoeres nigrescens examined. – Philippines: Mindanao, BPBM 20688, 2: 65–78 mm. Singapore: BPBM 22058, 12: 46–107 mm. Indonesia: Java, BPBM 29301, 65 mm. Australia: Queensland, Cooktown, BPBM 31726, 5: 33–82 mm.</p> <p>Material of Halichoeres binotopsis examined. – Philippines: Cebu, Mactan Island, BPBM 22086, 6: 47–65 mm. Singapore: BPBM 22039, 84 mm. Indonesia: Flores, BPBM 36692, 2: 84–86 mm.</p> </div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FB408781D868FF84FEBCFC7DFEF5F6C4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Randall, John E.;Allen, Gerald R.	Randall, John E., Allen, Gerald R. (2010): Two New Labrid Fishes Of The Genus Halichoeres From The East Indies. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 58 (2): 281-289, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342846
FB408781D86FFF86FF51FCFFFD40F205.text	FB408781D86FFF86FF51FCFFFD40F205.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Halichoeres hilomeni Randall & Allen 2010	<div><p>Halichoeres hilomeni, new species</p> <p>(Figs. 8–12; Table 2)</p> <p>Halichoeres exornatus (non Richardson, 1846) Kuiter, 2002: 115, Figs. A, B. Philippines and Borneo, Malaysia.</p> <p>Material examined. – Holotype – UPLB 498, male, 95.6 mm, Philippines, Palawan Province, Dibuluan Island, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=119.37168&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=11.072" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 119.37168/lat 11.072)">Bacuit Bay</a>, southern end of bay, 12.8 km south of town of El Nido, 11°04.320'N 119°22.301'E, reef, 1–3 m, spear, M. V. Erdmann, 12 Jun.2008.</p> <p>Paratypes. – BPBM 41024, 2: 55.0– 91.5 mm; UPLB 495, 75.5 mm; UPLB 500, 45.6 mm; USNM 398628, 2: 73.5–81.3 mm; WAM P.33270.001, 2: 57.7–77.9 mm; ZRC 52402, 59.4 mm, all with same data as holotype.</p> <p>Diagnosis. – Dorsal rays IX,12; anal rays III,12; pectoral rays 14; lateral-line scales 27; head naked; nape fully scaled; most scales of straight anterior part of lateral with a middle surface tubule forming three short branches ending in a pore, the middle branch usually longest; suborbital pores 10–13; gill rakers 18–20; body depth 3.15–3.6 in SL; head length 2.9–3.0 in SL; snout length 2.85–3.25 in head length; dorsal spines progressively longer posteriorly, the last three subequal, 2.85–3.4 in head length; caudal fin moderately rounded, 1.35–1.5 in head length; upper half of body dark brown, males with five narrow pale bars extending from base of dorsal fin; lower half of body pale brown, the centres of scales darker; a dark brown band from upper lip to lower half of orbit, extending posterior to eye, half as broad, to base of opercular flap; three narrow dark bars extending dorsally from postorbital band, the first black and vertical, just behind eye, the posterior two bands irregular; a boomerang-shaped dark brown band extending posteriorly from behind corner of mouth across cheek; fins translucent pale yellowish, the dorsal with a broad black band across middle of first two membranes; rest of fin with longitudinal rows of faint, darkedged, pale spots (three per membrane); anal fin with a row of faint, dark-edged, pale spots along base; caudal fin with faint transverse bands; paired fins pale, the pectorals with a triangular black spot dorsally on base, narrowing to a line across remainder of base; peritoneum dark brown. Largest specimen, 95.6 mm SL.</p> <p>Description. – Dorsal rays IX,12; anal rays III,12 (one with 10, the fin deformed); all dorsal and anal rays branched, the last to base; pectoral rays 14, uppermost rudimentary, second unbranched; pelvic rays I,5; principal caudal rays 14, upper and lower unbranched; upper procurrent caudal rays 7; lower procurrent caudal rays 6; lateral-line scales 27, plus 1 pored scale on caudal-fin base; scales above first lateral-line scale to base of second dorsal spine 3.5; scales above lateral line to base of ninth dorsal spine 2.5; scales below lateral line to base of first anal spine 8.5; circumpeduncular scales 20; gill rakers 19 (18–20); branchiostegal rays 5; vertebrae 25.</p> <p>Body depth 3.15 (3.15–3.6) in SL; body moderately compressed, width 2.3 (2.0–2.3) in body depth; head length 2.9 (2.9–3.0) in SL; snout length 3.05 (2.85–3.15) in head length; orbit diameter 5.4 (4.55–5.3) in head length; interorbital space convex, least width 5.4 (5.0–5.4) in head length; caudal-peduncle depth 2.0 (1.95–2.1) in head length; caudal-peduncle length 4.05 (3.5–4.05) in head length.</p> <p>Mouth terminal and a little oblique, upper-jaw length 3.3 (3.25–3.65) in head length; 10 strong, close-set, conical teeth in outer row on side of upper jaw, and 12 in lower jaw, progressively longer and more jutting anteriorly, the anterior three slightly recurved; anteriormost tooth in jaws a canine about three-fourths pupil diameter in length; lower pair of canines fitting inside upper pair when mouth closed; canine tooth at posterior end of upper jaw, its length about two-thirds length of anterior canines; inner row of small nodular teeth in both jaws. Tip of tongue narrowly rounded, reaching only corner of jaws. Lips large, fleshy, and deeply furrowed medially; median dorsal length of upper lip equal to pupil diameter; curving labial flap on side of lower jaw about half pupil diameter at its greatest depth. Gill rakers short, the longest about one-third length of longest filaments on first gill arch (gill arch on left side of holotype badly deformed, perhaps from parasite damage, though none was found).</p> <p>Anterior nostril a very small, tapering tubule a pupil diameter before anterior edge of orbit at level of middle of eye; posterior nostril a small ovate aperture, three-fifths pupil diameter dorsoposterior to anterior nostril. Suborbital pores 13 (10–13); pores of preopercular-mandibular series 13 (13–15).</p> <p>Scales cycloid; lateral line continuous, deflected downward below last two dorsal soft rays to straight peduncular part; scales of straight portion of lateral line mostly with a middle surface tubule forming three short branches ending in a pore, the middle branch usually longest; peduncular part of lateral line with a straight surface tubule ending in a pore; nape fully scaled, with about nine oblique rows of scales, progressively smaller and more embedded anteriorly, reaching a vertical at posterior edge of eye; scales of prepelvic area progressively smaller anteriorly, just reaching gill opening, about 11 in midventral series; no scales on base of dorsal, anal, and paired fins, except for a triangular scale nearly a pupil diameter in length with a small basal scale at midbase of pelvic fins; basal third of caudal fin with four vertical rows of scales, progressively smaller posteriorly.</p> <p>Origin of dorsal fin above second lateral-line scale, predorsal length 3.2 (2.95–3.2) in SL; dorsal spines progressively longer, last three subequal, first 5.55 (5.2–5.75) in head length, and ninth 3.2 (2.85–3.45) in head length; third to ninth dorsal soft rays longest and subequal, 2.5 (2.45–2.65) in head length; origin of anal fin below base of first dorsal soft ray, preanal length 1.8 in SL; first anal spine very slender and short, 8.4 (6.75–10.0) in head length; third anal spine 4.55 (3.85–4.55) in head length; second to tenth anal soft rays subequal, 2.75 (2.4–2.9) in head length; caudal fin moderately rounded, 1.44 (1.35–1.5) in head length; second or third pectoral rays longest,1.75 (1.55–1.7) in head length; origin of pelvic fins below lower edge of pectoral-fin base, prepelvic length 3.0 (3.0–3.1) in SL; pelvic fins reaching or extending slightly beyond origin of anal fin only in large males, fin length 1.45 (1.45–1.95) in head length.</p> <p>Colour of holotype in alcohol: upper half of body dark brown, the pigment concentrated in a vertically elongate spot basally on each scale, with five narrow pale bars extending from base of dorsal fin; lower half of body pale brown, the centres of scales darker; a dark brown band from upper lip to lower half of orbit, extending posterior to eye, half as broad, to base of opercular flap; three narrow dark bands extending dorsally from postorbital band, the first black and vertical, just behind eye, the posterior two irregular; a boomerangshaped dark brown band extending posteriorly from behind corner of mouth across cheek; fins translucent pale yellowish, the dorsal with a broad black band across middle of first two membranes; rest of fin with three longitudinal rows of faintly dark-edged pale spots (three per membrane); anal fin with a row of similar spots along base, a vertically elongate, dark-edged pale spot on each membrane, and a submarginal dark-edged pale band; caudal fin with faint, irregular, cross bands; paired fins pale, the pectorals with a triangular black spot dorsally on base, narrowing to a line that nearly crosses remainder of fin base.</p> <p>habitat of mixed coral, algae, sand and gravel. It was also observed and photographed at Coron Island in the Calamian Group north of Palawan, and in Borneo, based on an underwater photograph taken by the second author near Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia (Fig. 12).</p> <p>The closest relative to Halichoeres hilomeni appears to be H. solorensis (Bleeker), known from Indonesia and the Philippines. The two species share the same fin-ray, scale, and suborbital pore counts, and the gill-raker count is nearly the same, 17–19 for H. solorensis, compared to 18–20 for H. hilomeni. Both have a black spot covering most of the first two dorsal-fin membranes, the same black spot at the pectoral-fin base, and dark brown peritoneum, but there the similarity in colour ends. The body of H. solorensis varies from a somber dark greenish grey to yellowish green, the head yellow with pink bands, and there is an ocellated small black spot at the upper base of the caudal fin. Judging from the juvenile colour pattern of H. solorensis, the juveniles of H. hilomeni should also have an ocellated black spot in the soft portion of the dorsal fin.</p> <p>Material of Halichoeres solorensis examined. – Indonesia: Flores, BPBM 32151, 48.5 mm; Komodo, BPBM 32392, 48 mm; Ambon, BPBM 18529, 90 mm. Philippines: Luzon, Maricaban Island, BPBM 22216, 8: 36–82 mm.</p> <p>Colour in life shown in Figs. 9–12. Based on the relative size of eye to head length, Fig. 9 is a probable female about 55 mm SL; Fig. 10 about 57 mm SL (perhaps undergoing sex reversal); Fig. 11 a male about 75 mm SL, and Fig. 12 a male about 90 mm SL.</p> <p>Etymology. – This species is named in honour of Dr. Vincent V. Hilomen of the University of the Philippines Los Baños in recognition of his efforts in obtaining collection and export permits and arranging the shipment of the type specimens to the authors.</p> <p>Remarks. – The type specimens were all collected from Dibuluan, a small island at the northern end of Palawan, Philippines. The species was found in 1–3 m in a sheltered</p></div> 	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FB408781D86FFF86FF51FCFFFD40F205	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Randall, John E.;Allen, Gerald R.	Randall, John E., Allen, Gerald R. (2010): Two New Labrid Fishes Of The Genus Halichoeres From The East Indies. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 58 (2): 281-289, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5342846
