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| Thalassoma | |
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| Sunset wrasse (T. lutescens) | |
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| Surge wrasse (T. purpureum) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Tribe: | Julidini |
| Genus: | Thalassoma Swainson, 1839 |
| Type species | |
| Scarus purpureus Forsskål, 1775[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
Thalassoma is a genus of wrasses native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Many species occasionally make their way into the aquarium trade. [3]
Species
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The currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
| Species | Common name | Image |
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| Thalassoma amblycephalum (Bleeker, 1856) | blunt-headed wrasse | .jpg) |
| Thalassoma ascensionis | Ascension wrasse | |
| Thalassoma ballieui | blacktail wrasse | .jpg) |
| Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch, 1791) | bluehead wrasse |  |
| Thalassoma cupido | Cupid wrasse | .jpg) |
| Thalassoma duperrey (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) | saddle wrasse | _(cropped).jpg) |
| Thalassoma genivittatum (Valenciennes, 1839) | red-cheek wrasse |  |
| Thalassoma grammaticum C. H. Gilbert, 1890 | sunset wrasse | .jpg) |
| Thalassoma hardwicke (J. W. Bennett, 1830) | sixbar wrasse | _(46196858985)_(cropped).jpg) |
| Thalassoma hebraicum (Lacépède, 1801) | goldbar wrasse | .jpg) |
| Thalassoma heiseri J. E. Randall & A. J. Edwards, 1984 | Pitcairn rainbow wrasse | |
| Thalassoma jansenii (Bleeker, 1856) | Jansen's wrasse | .png) |
| Thalassoma loxum J. E. Randall & Mee, 1994 | Oman wrasse | |
| Thalassoma lucasanum (T. N. Gill, 1862) | Cortez rainbow wrasse | _(cropped).jpg) |
| Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758) | moon wrasse | .jpg) |
| Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839) | sunset wrasse | .jpg) |
| Thalassoma newtoni (Osório, 1891) | Newton's wrasse | |
| Thalassoma nigrofasciatum J. E. Randall, 2003 | black-barred wrasse | .jpg) |
| Thalassoma noronhanum (Boulenger, 1890) | Noronha wrasse | .jpg) |
| Thalassoma pavo (Linnaeus, 1758) | ornate wrasse | .jpg) |
| Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål, 1775) | surge wrasse | .jpg) |
| Thalassoma quinquevittatum (Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839) | fivestripe wrasse | .jpg) |
| Thalassoma robertsoni G. R. Allen, 1995 | Robertson's rainbow wrasse | |
| Thalassoma rueppellii (Klunzinger, 1871) | Klunzinger's wrasse | .jpg) |
| Thalassoma sanctaehelenae (Valenciennes, 1839) | St. Helena wrasse | |
| Thalassoma septemfasciata T. D. Scott, 1959 | seven-banded wrasse | |
| Thalassoma trilobatum (Lacépède, 1801) | Christmas wrasse | .jpg) |
| Thalassoma virens C. H. Gilbert, 1890 | emerald wrasse | .jpg) |
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Thalassoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Thalassoma". FishBase. October 2013 version.
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