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Blunt-headed Wrasse

Thalassoma amblycephalum

Also known as: Bluehead Wrasse, Blue-headed Wrasse, Blunthead Wrasse, Blunt-headed Wrasse, Lunate-tailed Wrasse, Moon Wrasse, Paddlefin Wrasse, Rainbow Wrasse, Twotone Wrasse

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
Juvenile
@fishx6 · Mirihi Island Resort, Maldives · May 20081 / 28

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Overview

Juveniles carry a wide dark stripe from the snout through the eye to the base of the tail, with yellow above and below it on the tail base and tail lobes. Small juveniles keep close to the reef, whereas adults may gather in large schools in open water to feed on plankton.

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How to identify

Pattern
stripes
Behaviour
schooling

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Exact location · 1
  • Country only · 27
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Juvenile photos 28

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyLabridae
    6. genusThalassoma
    7. speciesThalassoma amblycephalum (Bleeker, 1856)

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    More in the family

    Wrasses (Labridae)