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Genus of fishes
Thalassoma is a
genus of
wrasses native to the
Atlantic,
Indian and
Pacific Oceans. Many species occasionally make their way into the
aquarium trade.
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Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
[3]
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Thalassoma amblycephalum (
Bleeker, 1856) (blunt-headed wrasse)
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Thalassoma ascensionis (
Quoy &
Gaimard, 1834) (Ascension wrasse)
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Thalassoma ballieui (
Vaillant &
Sauvage, 1875) (blacktail wrasse)
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Thalassoma bifasciatum (
Bloch, 1791) (bluehead wrasse)
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Thalassoma cupido (
Temminck &
Schlegel, 1845) (Cupid wrasse)
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Thalassoma duperrey (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (saddle wrasse)
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Thalassoma genivittatum (
Valenciennes, 1839) (red-cheek wrasse)
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Thalassoma grammaticum
C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (sunset wrasse)
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Thalassoma hardwicke (
J. W. Bennett, 1830) (sixbar wrasse)
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Thalassoma hebraicum (
Lacépède, 1801) (goldbar wrasse)
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Thalassoma heiseri
J. E. Randall &
A. J. Edwards, 1984 (Pitcairn rainbow wrasse)
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Thalassoma jansenii (
Bleeker, 1856) (Jansen's wrasse)
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Thalassoma loxum J. E. Randall &
Mee, 1994 (Oman wrasse)
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Thalassoma lucasanum (
T. N. Gill, 1862) (Cortez rainbow wrasse)
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Thalassoma lunare (
Linnaeus, 1758) (moon wrasse)
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Thalassoma lutescens (
Lay &
E. T. Bennett, 1839) (yellow-brown wrasse)
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Thalassoma newtoni (
Osório, 1891) (Newton's wrasse)
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Thalassoma nigrofasciatum
J. E. Randall, 2003 (black-barred wrasse)
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Thalassoma noronhanum (
Boulenger, 1890) (Noronha wrasse)
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Thalassoma pavo (Linnaeus, 1758) (ornate wrasse)
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Thalassoma purpureum (
Forsskål, 1775) (surge wrasse)
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Thalassoma quinquevittatum (Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839) (fivestripe wrasse)
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Thalassoma robertsoni
G. R. Allen, 1995 (Robertson's rainbow wrasse)
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Thalassoma rueppellii (
Klunzinger, 1871) (Klunzinger's wrasse)
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Thalassoma sanctaehelenae (Valenciennes, 1839) (St. Helena wrasse)
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Thalassoma septemfasciata
T. D. Scott, 1959 (Seven-banded wrasse)
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Thalassoma trilobatum (Lacépède, 1801) (Christmas wrasse)
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Thalassoma virens
C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (Eastern Pacific emerald wrasse)
References