FB-67424 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67424 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Osteoglossiformes Mormyridae Petrocephalus Petrocephalus arnegardi Lavoué & Sullivan, 2014 Halichoeres sexfasciatus Rüppell, 1835 Hemigymnus fasciatus (non Bloch, 1792) 2014-07-10 2024-03-06 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) de Beaufort, L.F.0 The fishes of the Indo-Australian archipelago. VIII. Percomorphi (continued). Cirrhitoidea, Labriformes, Pomacentriformes. Leiden (The Netherlands): E.J. Brill, 8:xv, 1-508 p. (Ref. 572) Klunzinger, C.B.0 Synopsis der Fische des Rothen Meeres. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 21:441-688, 1353-1368. (Ref. 581) Fowler, H.W.0 The fishes of Oceania. Mem. B.P. Bishop Mus. (10):1-540. (Ref. 712) Roux-Estève, R. and P. Fourmanoir0 Poissons capturés par la mission de la 'Calypso' en mer Rouge. Ann. Inst. Oceanogr. Paris. N.S. 30:195-203. (Ref. 2153) Dor, M.0 Checklist of the fishes of the Red Sea (CLOFRES). The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem. 437 p. (Ref. 2198) Randall, J.E.0 Red Sea reef fishes. London, Immel Publishing. 192 p. (Ref. 8883) Field, R. and M. Field0 Reef fishes of the Red Sea. A guide to identification. Kegan Paul International, London. 192 p. (Ref. 34222) Khalaf, M.A. and A.M. Disi0 Fishes of the Gulf of Aqaba. Marine Science Station, Aqaba, Jordan. 252 p. (Ref. 48643) Khalaf, M.A.0 Fish fauna of the Jordanian Coast, Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea. Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Marine Sciences 15(1):23-50. (Ref. 58021) Golani, D. and S. V. Bogorodsky0 The fishes of the Red Sea - reappraisal and updated checklist. Zootaxa 2463:1-135. (Ref. 84159) Randall, J.E.0 Review of the Indo-Pacific labrid fish genus <i>Hemigymnus</i>. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 6:2-18. (Ref. 93095) Roberts, M.B., G.P. Jones, M.I. McCormick, P.L. Munday, S. Neale, S. Thorold, V.S.N. Robitzch and M.L. Berumen0 Homogeneity of coral reef communities across 8 degrees of latitude in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea. Unpublished. (Ref. 100374) FAO-FIES0 Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Information System (ASFIS) species list. Retrieved from http://www.fao.org/fishery/collection/asfis/en (accessed 08/06/2017). (Ref. 115257) FB-GeneralDescr-67433 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2014-07-25 00:00:00 2021-10-08 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67433 Occurs on coral reefs and adjacent habitats, on sand and coral rubble. The fish take a mouthful of sand and gravel from the substratum, where small fossorial prey are sorted out within the mouth and pharynx, and inorganic fragments are forcefully ejected from of the mouth. May also feed opportunistically on larger prey (crabs, echinoids, molluscs, ophiuroids, polychaetes) (Ref. 93095). Large breeding males in the Red Sea observed to exhibit h a reversal of the black-and-white barred color pattern of the body similar to H. fasciatus (Ref. 34222). Randall, J.E. 2013 Review of the Indo-Pacific labrid fish genus <i>Hemigymnus</i>. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 6:2-18. (Ref. 93095) FB-DiagnosticDescr-67433 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2014-08-21 00:00:00 2014-08-21 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67433 This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: gill rakers 20-23 (rarely 23); long pelvic fins, reaching anus in mature females and to or beyond origin of anal fin in males, one to spinous portion of fin; small juveniles are dark green, mottled with light yellowish green, with a white bar from anterior part of dorsal fin to abdomen, 4 faint narrower bars posteriorly, a pale bar on nape, 2 ventrally on chest; larger juveniles are dark brown with more distinct pale yellow bars; body of small females black with 5 white bars, progressively narrower posteriorly, the last posteriorly on caudal peduncle faint, the first two expanding ventrally; head white with a curving black bar from nape to eye; snout and interorbital are green with irregular pink bands radiating from eye; pectoral-fin rays yellow, membranes transparent; female in the process of sex change, indicated by the golden scale centers dorsally on the first dark bar of the body and on the dark olive bar of the nape; pelvic fins pale blue with orange streaks; body of males dark green, with spindle-shaped scales edged in light green; three pale gray bars on anterior two-thirds of body that broaden ventrally, the scale edges narrowly light green; first dark bar on body, ending at base of pectoral fin, with green margins and vertically elongate golden centers, many merging above and below, more as irregular vertical green and golden lines than as scale patterns; curving dark green bar of nape with golden scale centers, merging with a broad light yellowish brown band with irregular green bands that passes through eye onto snout; cheek with a broad near-white area, sparsely and faintly spotted with green, shading ventrally to blue; upper lip mainly greenish yellow; chest and abdomen pale blue with orange scale centers; pectoral-fin base in a large deep blue spot (Ref. 93095). Randall, J.E. 2013 Review of the Indo-Pacific labrid fish genus <i>Hemigymnus</i>. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 6:2-18. (Ref. 93095) FB-Distribution-67433 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2014-07-25 00:00:00 2022-10-03 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67433 Western Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Gulf of Tadjoura, east in the Gulf of Aden at least to Sikha Island, southwest of Al Mukallah, Yemen. Randall, J.E. 2013 Review of the Indo-Pacific labrid fish genus <i>Hemigymnus</i>. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 6:2-18. (Ref. 93095) FB-LifeCycle-67433 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Susan M. Luna 2014-07-25 00:00:00 2021-10-08 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org//Reproduction/FishReproSummary.php?ID=67433&StockCode=58697 Oviparous, with distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205). Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen 1966 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) FB-Size-67433 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2014-07-25 00:00:00 2021-10-08 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67433 36.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 93095)) Randall, J.E. 2013 Review of the Indo-Pacific labrid fish genus <i>Hemigymnus</i>. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 6:2-18. (Ref. 93095) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-67433 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2014-07-25 00:00:00 2021-10-08 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67433 reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 - 20 m (Ref. 93095) Randall, J.E. 2013 Review of the Indo-Pacific labrid fish genus <i>Hemigymnus</i>. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 6:2-18. (Ref. 93095)