Thalassoma
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Thalassoma is a genus
of wrasse
s in the family
Labridae.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of wrasse
Wrasse
The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 82 genera, which are divided into nine subgroups or tribes....
s in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Labridae.
Species
- Thalassoma amblycephalumThalassoma amblycephalumThalassoma amblycephalum, or the Blunt-headed wrasse, is a species of fish in the Labridae family....
– Bluntheaded Wrasse (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1856) - Thalassoma ascensionisThalassoma ascensionisThalassoma ascensionis is a species of fish in the Labridae family. It is endemic to Saint Helena.-Source:* Roberts, C. 1996. . Downloaded on 5 August 2007....
– Greenfish (QuoyJean René Constant QuoyJean René Constant Quoy was a French zoologist.Along with Joseph Paul Gaimard he served as naturalist aboard La Coquille under Louis Isidore Duperrey during its circumnavigation of the globe , and the Astrolabe under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville...
& GaimardJoseph Paul GaimardJoseph Paul Gaimard was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.Along with Jean René Constant Quoy he served as naturalist on the ships L'Uranie under Louis de Freycinet 1817-1820, and L'Astrolabe under Jules Dumont d'Urville 1826-1829...
, 1834) - Thalassoma ballieuiThalassoma ballieuiThalassoma ballieui, or the Blacktail wrasse, is a species of fish in the Labridae family....
– Blacktail Wrasse (VaillantLéon VaillantLéon Louis Vaillant was a French zoologist. He is most famous for his work in the areas of herpetology, malacology, and ichthyology...
& Sauvage, 1875) - Thalassoma bifasciatumBlue-headed wrasseThalassoma bifasciatum is a is a species of saltwater fish in the wrasse family of order Perciformes native to the coral reefs of the Caribbean Sea. Like its relative T. amblycephalum it is commonly called "blue-headed wrasse", "blunt-headed wrasse" or "bluehead"...
– Blue-Headed Wrasse (BlochMarcus Elieser BlochMarcus Elieser Bloch was a German medical doctor and naturalist. He is generally considered one of the most important ichthyologists of the 18th century.- Life :...
, 1791) - Thalassoma cupidoThalassoma cupidoThalassoma cupido is a species of fish in the Labridae family....
(TemminckCoenraad Jacob TemminckCoenraad Jacob Temminck was a Dutch aristocrat and zoologist.Temminck was the first director of the National Natural History Museum at Leiden from 1820 until his death. His Manuel d'ornithologie, ou Tableau systematique des oiseaux qui se trouvent en Europe was the standard work on European birds...
& SchlegelHermann SchlegelHermann Schlegel was a German ornithologist and herpetologist.-Early life and education:Schlegel was born at Altenburg, the son of a brassfounder. His father collected butterflies, which stimulated Schlegel's interest in natural history...
, 1845) - Thalassoma duperreyThalassoma duperreyThalassoma duperrey, or the Saddle wrasse, is a species of fish in the Labridae family....
– Saddle wrasse, (QuoyJean René Constant QuoyJean René Constant Quoy was a French zoologist.Along with Joseph Paul Gaimard he served as naturalist aboard La Coquille under Louis Isidore Duperrey during its circumnavigation of the globe , and the Astrolabe under the command of Jules Dumont d'Urville...
& GaimardJoseph Paul GaimardJoseph Paul Gaimard was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.Along with Jean René Constant Quoy he served as naturalist on the ships L'Uranie under Louis de Freycinet 1817-1820, and L'Astrolabe under Jules Dumont d'Urville 1826-1829...
, 1824) - Thalassoma genivittatumThalassoma genivittatumThalassoma genivittatum, or the Red-cheek wrasse , is a species of fish in the Labridae family....
– Red-Cheek Wrasse (ValenciennesAchille ValenciennesAchille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
, 1839) - Thalassoma grammaticumThalassoma grammaticumThalassoma grammaticum, or the Sunset wrasse, is a species of fish in the Labridae family....
– Sunset Wrasse Gilbert, 1890 - Thalassoma hardwickeThalassoma hardwickeThalassoma hardwicke, or the Six-bar wrasse, is a species of fish in the Labridae family....
– Six-Bar Wrasse (Bennett, 1830) - Thalassoma hebraicumThalassoma hebraicumThalassoma hebraicum is a Wrasse from the Western Indian Ocean. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 23 cm in length....
– Gold-Bar Wrasse (Lacépède, 1801) - Thalassoma heiseriThalassoma heiseriThalassoma heiseri is a species of fish in the Labridae family....
Randall & Edwards, 1984 - Thalassoma janseniiThalassoma janseniiThalassoma jansenii is a Wrasse from the Indo-West Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 20 cm in length....
– Jansen's Wrasse (BleekerPieter BleekerPieter Bleeker was a Dutch medical doctor and ichthyologist, famous for his work on the fishes of East Asia – Atlas Ichthyologique des Orientales Neerlandaises – which was published 1862–1877....
, 1856) - Thalassoma loxumThalassoma loxumThalassoma loxum is a species of fish in the Labridae family....
Randall & Mee, 1994 - Thalassoma lucasanumThalassoma lucasanumThalassoma lucasanum, or the Cortez rainbow wrasse , is a species of fish in the Labridae family. They are easily recognizable because of their rainbow coloring....
– Cortez Rainbow Wrasse (GillTheodore GillTheodore Nicholas Gill was an American ichthyologist, mammalogist, malacologist and librarian.Born and educated in New York City under private tutors, Gill early showed interest in natural history. He was associated with J...
, 1862) - Thalassoma lunare – Moon Wrasse (LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, 1758) - Thalassoma lutescensThalassoma lutescensThalassoma lutescens is a Wrasse from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 30 cm in length....
– Yellow-Brown Wrasse (Lay & Bennett, 1839) - Thalassoma newtoniThalassoma newtoniThalassoma newtoni is a species of fish in the Labridae family....
(Osório, 1891) - Thalassoma noronhanum – Noronha Wrasse (BoulengerGeorge Albert BoulengerGeorge Albert Boulenger FRS was a Belgian-British zoologist who identified over 2000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles and amphibians.-Life:...
, 1890) - Thalassoma pavoThalassoma pavoThalassoma pavo, or the Ornate wrasse, is a species of fish in the Labridae family....
– Ornate Wrasse (LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, 1758) - Thalassoma purpureumThalassoma purpureumThalassoma purpureum, or the Surge wrasse, is a species of fish in the Labridae family....
– Surge Wrasse (ForsskålPeter ForsskålPeter Forsskål, sometimes spelled Pehr Forsskål, Peter Forskaol, Petrus Forskål or Pehr Forsskåhl, was a Swedish explorer, orientalist, naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.-Early life:...
, 1775) - Thalassoma quinquevittatumThalassoma quinquevittatumThalassoma quinquevittatum is a Wrasse from the Indo-Pacific. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. It grows to a size of 17 cm in length....
– Five-Stripe Wrasse (Lay & Bennett, 1839) - Thalassoma robertsoniThalassoma robertsoniThalassoma robertsoni is a species of fish in the Labridae family....
Allen, 1995 - Thalassoma rueppelliiThalassoma rueppelliiThalassoma rueppellii, or Klunzinger's wrasse, is a species of fish in the Labridae family....
– Klunzinger's Wrasse (Klunzinger, 1871) - Thalassoma sanctaehelenaeThalassoma sanctaehelenaeThalassoma sanctahelenae, or the St. Helena wrasse, is a species of fish in the Labridae family....
– St. Helena Wrasse (ValenciennesAchille ValenciennesAchille Valenciennes was a French zoologist.Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology...
, 1839) - Thalassoma septemfasciataThalassoma septemfasciataThalassoma septemfasciata, or the Seven-banded wrasse, is a species of fish in the Labridae family....
– Seven-Banded Wrasse Scott, 1959 - Thalassoma trilobatumThalassoma trilobatumThalassoma trilobatum is a type of tropical fish. Females have a shorter head than the males.-External links:*...
– Christmas Wrasse (Lacépède, 1801) - Thalassoma virensThalassoma virensThalassoma virens, or the Emerald wrasse, is a species of fish in the Labridae family....
– Emerald Wrasse Gilbert, 1890