Sixbar wrasse

Sixbar wrasse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Thalassoma
Species: T. hardwicke
Binomial name
Thalassoma hardwicke
(J. W. Bennett, 1830)
Synonyms
  • Sparus hardwicke J. W. Bennett, 1830
  • Julis schwanenfeldii Bleeker, 1853
  • Thalassoma schwanefeldi (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Thalassoma schwanenfeldii (Bleeker, 1853)

The sixbar wrasse or six-banded wrasse (Thalassoma hardwicke) is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It is an inhabitant of reef environments at depths from the surface to 15 m (49 ft). This species can grow to 20 cm (7.9 in) in total length, though most do not exceed 15 cm (5.9 in). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can also be found in the aquarium trade.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Shea, S., Liu, M. & Sadovy, Y. 2010. Thalassoma hardwicke. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.>. Downloaded on 17 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Thalassoma hardwicke" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
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