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Moon Wrasse

Thalassoma lunare

Also known as: Blue Wrasse, Crescent Wrasse, Green-and-Blue Labridae, Green Parrot Wrasse, Lunare Wrasse, Lunate-tailed Wrasse, Lyretail Lunare Wrasse, Lyretail Wrasse, Rainbowfish, Sandreef Wrasse

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
Juvenile
@fishx6 · Gan, Maldives · March 20081 / 20

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Overview

Juveniles are olive green to greenish brown above and blue below, with faint pink and purple bands on the face, a black spot on the dorsal fin and another at the base of the tail. The tail fin is square-cut at this stage rather than the crescent shape of adults.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

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

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
  • Country only · 20
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Juvenile photos 20

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyLabridae
    6. genusThalassoma
    7. speciesThalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758)

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    More in the family

    Wrasses (Labridae)