#2316 · 🐟 fish
Slippery Dick
Halichoeres bivittatus
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what is it?
The slippery dick , Halichoeres bivittatus , is a species of wrasse native to shallow, tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 4,892 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1791 (235 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Slippery Dick
- scientific name
- Halichoeres bivittatus
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Labriformes
- family
- Labridae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 4,892
- GBIF records in NL
- 3
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1791 by Marcus Elieser Bloch
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Labridae
#2133 📷 10Corkwing Wrasse
🇳🇱 Zwartooglipvis
Symphodus melops
LC 👀 8 in NL
#2164 📷 10Ballan Wrasse
🇳🇱 Gevlekte lipvis
Labrus bergylta
LC 👀 1 in NL
#2172 📷 10Ornate Wrasse
🇳🇱 Pauwlipvis
Thalassoma pavo
LC 🌍 11k seen
#2180 📷 10Mediterranean Rainbow Wrasse
🇳🇱 Regenbooglipvis
Coris julis
LC 🌍 8.2k seen
#2276 📷 8Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse
Thalassoma bifasciatum
LC 🌍 7.6k seen
#2278 📷 10Stoplight Parrotfish
Sparisoma viride
LC 🌍 7.2k seen
#2185 📷 10East Atlantic Peacock Wrasse
🇳🇱 Atlantische pauwlipvis
Symphodus tinca
LC 🌍 6.9k seen
#2281 📷 8Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse
🇳🇱 Gewone Poetslipvis
Labroides dimidiatus
LC 🌍 6.6k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 49272, Wikidata Q2345083, GBIF 2384268, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.