---
title: "Bodião-sabão"
description: "Halichoeres bivittatus — Peixes. The slippery dick (Halichoeres bivittatus) is a species of wrasse native to shallow, tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/slippery-dick
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bodião-sabão

> Halichoeres bivittatus — Peixes. The slippery dick (Halichoeres bivittatus) is a species of wrasse native to shallow, tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Halichoeres bivittatus*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 4825
- Wikidata: [Q2345083](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2345083)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49272](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49272)

## Names

- en: Slippery Dick
- de: Zweistreifen-Lippfisch
- es: Doncella rayada
- fr: Labre à deux bandes
- pt: Bodião-sabão

## Countries with the most observations

US (1106), MX (590), PR (302), BS (206), JM (194), GP (156), BZ (151), MQ (146), HN (143), VI (125), TC (121), KY (113)

## Summary

The slippery dick (Halichoeres bivittatus) is a species of wrasse native to shallow, tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slippery_dick

## Photo

![Bodião-sabão](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/slippery-dick/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stari Plativky · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/346708207

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/slippery-dick?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).