Thalassoma

Classification

Genus: Thalassoma
Family: Labridae - Wrasses
Order: Labriformes - Wrasses
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Description

Thalassoma is a genus of wrasses native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. There are 29 species in this genus.

Species

Ornate wrasse
(Thalassoma pavo)

Klunzinger’s wrasse
(Thalassoma rueppellii)

Saddle wrasse
(Thalassoma duperrey)

Jansen’s wrasse
(Thalassoma jansenii)

Bluehead wrasse
(Thalassoma bifasciatum)

Surge wrasse
(Thalassoma purpureum)

Thalassoma newtoni

Blackbarred wrasse
(Thalassoma nigrofasciatum)

Noronha wrasse
(Thalassoma noronhanum)

Yellow-brown wrasse
(Thalassoma lutescens)

Fivestripe wrasse
(Thalassoma quinquevittatum)

Thalassoma robertsoni

St. Helena wrasse
(Thalassoma sanctaehelenae)

Seven-banded wrasse
(Thalassoma septemfasciatum)

Christmas wrasse
(Thalassoma trilobatum)

Moon wrasse
(Thalassoma lunare)

Cortez rainbow wrasse
(Thalassoma lucasanum)

Bluntheaded wrasse
(Thalassoma amblycephalum)

Greenfish
(Thalassoma ascensionis)

Blacktail wrasse
(Thalassoma ballieui)

Thalassoma cupido

Red-cheek wrasse
(Thalassoma genivittatum)

Sunset wrasse
(Thalassoma grammaticum)

Sixbar wrasse
(Thalassoma hardwicke)

Goldbar wrasse
(Thalassoma hebraicum)

Thalassoma heiseri

Thalassoma loxum

Thalassoma virens

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