| Citation | Randall, J.E., 2005, Reef and shore fishes of the South Pacific. New Caledonia to Tahiti and the Pitcairn Islands.. University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, Hawaii. 720 p. |
| Ref. | Randall, J.E., 2005 |
| Page | 410 |
| Named Used as Valid | Halichoeres argus |
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| Locality | |
| Distribution | western Pacific from Taiwan to northern Australia, west in the Indian Ocean to Sri Lanka, known in the islands of Oceania to date only from Fiji. |
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