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Labridae (Wrasses) > Corinae						
							
							Etymology: Halichoeres: Greek, als, alis = salt + Greek, choiros = pig (Ref. 45335); sazimai: Named for Dr. Ivan Sazima.
Eponymy: Professor Dr Ivan Sazima is a Brazilian ichthyologist, herpetologist, ornithologist and marine biologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
						
					
				
					Environment: milieu / climate zone / rango de profundidad / distribution range					
						Ecología					
				
				
				
					marino pelagic-neritic;  rango de profundidad 20 - 70 m (Ref. 80967). Tropical				
				 
			
			
			
				
				
				
					Southwest Atlantic:  Brazil.
				
				
			
			
				
					Tamaño / Peso / Age
				
				
				
					Madurez: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
 Max length : 21.4 cm SL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 80967)				
				 
			
			
						
				
					Short description					
					Claves de identificación | Morfología | Morfometría					
				
				
				
					Espinas dorsales (total) : 9; Radios blandos dorsales (total) : 11; Espinas anales: 3; Radios blandos anales: 12; Vértebra: 24. This specie sis distinguished by the following characters:  D IX,11; A III,12; pectoral rays 13; caudal rays 14; lateral line scales 27; body y white with a stripe running on midline of the body from the snout, through the eye to tail; stripe straight, broadest and continuous from the snout to the shoulder, when it turns into a line of close-set spots in a zigzag pattern in alternate scales of 2 adjoining rows; terminal phase have the stripe entirely black or black at the first half becoming brownish, some with golden spots above and below scales, body darkened in the dorsum and the abdomen, becoming grayish or greenish in the area just above the mid-body stripe to the base of the dorsal fin; at the initial phase, the stripe is brown on the first third of its length and yellow to golden on the last two thirds (Ref. 80967).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.				
				 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				Maximum depth from Ref. 126840.  This species was observed foraging solitary on sand bottoms immediately adjacent to the lower end of rocky reefs. Harems that are composed of a few (5-10) individuals are not common but occasionally seen. This fish sometimes venture over the reefs, but generally never shallower than 20 m depth depending on water temperature (they seem to be associated with temperatures lower than 18°C).  It also forages mostly on mobile invertebrates on soft and hard substratum, being more commonly observed foraging on sand bottoms and this behavior makes it a potential nuclear species in following associations, as it has been observed in other species of Halichoeres (Ref. 80967).			
			 
			
			
			
				
					Life cycle and mating behavior					
					Madurez | Reproducción | Puesta | Huevos | Fecundidad | Larva				
				
				
				
				Distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).				
				 
			
			 
				
				
				
					Luiz, O.J. Jr., C.E.L. Ferreira and L.A. Rocha, 2009. Halichoeres sazimai, a new species of wrasse (Perciformes: Labridae) from the Western South Atlantic. Zootaxa 2092:37-46. (Ref. 80967)
				
				 
			
			
			
							
					
						IUCN Red List Status   (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
				 
					
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Threat to humans  
				
				
				
					  Harmless				
				
			 
			
			
			
			
				
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					Estimates based on models				
				
				
				Preferred temperature (Referencia 
123201): 21.6 - 27.2, mean 23.8 °C (based on 6 cells).
				
				
					
					Phylogenetic diversity index  (Referencia 
82804):  PD
50 = 0.5000   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].					
													Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00977 (0.00468 - 0.02039), b=3.09 (2.92 - 3.26), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this Genus-body shape (Ref. 
93245).
					
					Nivel trófico  (Referencia 
69278):  3.6   ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives					
											
				
				
										
						Resiliencia  (Referencia 
120179):  Medio, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo de 1.4-4.4 años (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).					
											
				
									
					Fishing Vulnerability  (Ref. 
59153):  Low vulnerability (16 of 100). 
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