Larvae with elongate body, small head and mouth. No head spination. Continuous dorsal fin extends from behind head to caudal peduncle; caudal fin round. Halichoeres sp. larvae from Bahamas with 18+18 myomeres, anus is located at midpoint of body. Only one large melanophore at posterior dorsal side of gut (Halichoeres sp) (Richards, 1990).
Table Labridae
22 geographic zones