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Main identification features
- initial phase : white + rows black blotches
- terminal phase : red+ green + yellow + brown blotches
Dorsal rays IX, 11; anal rays III,12; pectoral rays 13; lateral line with 27 pored scales; teeth caniniform; 2 pairs of curved canines anteriorly in upper jaw and 1-2 canine teeth at rear corner of upper jaw; a pair of curved canines anteriorly in lower jaw.
Initial phase white (except head yellowish) with pair of blackish stripes on head and anterior most part of body; 3-4 large irregular blackish blotches on middle to lower half of side and smaller blotches at base or on dorsal fin; terminal phase bright yellow on lower half of head and body, mainly charcoal grey on upper half, tail fin with yellow margin and pair of yellow spots on basal part; juveniles similar to initial phase, but with more white coloration and with black ocellated spot at middle of dorsal fin.
Size: grows to 15 cm, common to 10 cm.
Habitat: in rock and rubble areas.
Depth: 1-30 m.
Known only from Isla del Coco.
Attributes
Abundance: Common.
Cites: Not listed.
Climate Zone: Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo).
Depth Range Max: 30 m.
Depth Range Min: 1 m.
Diet: mobile benthic worms; mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs); mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves; sea-stars/cucumbers/urchins.
Eastern Pacific Range: Northern limit=6; Southern limit=6; Western limit=-88; Eastern limit=-87; Latitudinal range=1; Longitudinal range=1.
Egg Type: Pelagic; Pelagic larva.
Feeding Group: Carnivore.
FishBase Habitat: Reef Associated.
Global Endemism: Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic; East Pacific endemic; All species.
Habitat: Corals; Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom); Rocks; Reef (rock &/or coral); Reef only.
Inshore Offshore: Inshore; Inshore Only.
IUCN Red List: Not evaluated / Listed.
Length Max: 15 cm.
Regional Endemism: Island (s); Island (s) only; TEP endemic; TEP oceanic island (s) endemic; Cocos Island endemic; All species.
Residency: Resident.
Salinity: Marine; Marine Only.
Water Column Position: Bottom; Bottom only;
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- Bussing, W.A., 1983., A new tropical eastern Pacific labrid fish, Halichoeres discolor endemic to Isla del Coco, Costa Rica., Revista de Biologia Tropical, 31(1):19-23.
- Vega, A.J., Villareal, N., 2003., Peces asociados a arrecifes y manglares en el Parque Nacional Coiba., Tecnociencia, 5:65-76.
- Victor, B. C. and Wellington, G. M., 2000., Endemism and the pelagic larval duration of reef fishes in the eastern Pacific Ocean., Marine Ecology Progress Series, 205:241-248.
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