Halichoeres rubrovirens, the red-green wrasse, is a species of wrasse native to the western Atlantic Ocean, being found in the islands of Trindade and Martim Vaz in southeastern Brazil.[1] It's found on rocky reefs at depths of 5-30m, and juveniles seem to mimic and usually school together with Thalassoma noronhanum which they resemble in color.[2] They are not genetically close to any other species of Halichoeres in the Atlantic, and are likely a relict species.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Halichoeres |
| Species: | H. rubrovirens
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References
edit- ^ Rocha, Luiz A.; Pinheiro, Hudson T.; Gasparini, João Luiz (2010-04-09). "Description of Halichoeres rubrovirens , a new species of wrasse (Labridae: Perciformes) from the Trindade and Martin Vaz Island group, southeastern Brazil, with a preliminary mtDNA molecular phylogeny of New World Halichoeres". Zootaxa. 2422 (1): 22–30. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2422.1.2. ISSN 1175-5334.
- ^ "Halichoeres rubrovirens". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
- ^ Pinheiro, Hudson T.; Bernardi, Giacomo; Simon, Thiony; Joyeux, Jean-Christophe; Macieira, Raphael M.; Gasparini, João Luiz; Rocha, Claudia; Rocha, Luiz A. (2017). "Island biogeography of marine organisms". Nature. 549 (7670): 82–85. doi:10.1038/nature23680. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 28854164. S2CID 4468603.
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