Yellow-brown Wrasse

Thalassoma lutescens

Also known as: Banana Wrasse, Bluefin Wrasse, Green Moon Wrasse, Lime Green Wrasse, Lunate-tailed Wrasse, Sunset Wrasse, Surge Wrasse, Whistling Daughter, Yellow-green Wrasse, Yellow Moon Wrasse, Yellow Wrasse

ALSO KNOWN AS

Banana Wrasse
Bluefin Wrasse
Green Moon Wrasse
Lime Green Wrasse
Lunate-tailed Wrasse
Sunset Wrasse
Surge Wrasse
Whistling Daughter
Yellow-green Wrasse
Yellow Moon Wrasse
Yellow Wrasse

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010

LIFE STAGE

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Yellow-brown Wrasse juvenile, photographed at Keleti Beach, Tonga — @greatwhite · Keleti Beach, Tonga · September 20111 / 3

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Overview

Juveniles are greenish above and white below, with a black stripe from behind the eye to the tail base and a yellowish stripe from the chin to the lower tail base.

How to identify

COLOURS

yellow

Behaviour: schooling sleeps in sand or crevices

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Habitat & where to find it

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

Range · Indo-Pacific
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RANGE

Indo-Pacific

Juvenile photos 3

Discussion 2

2 comments

Bill standard· 5 Jun 2016
I've just seen one of these in shallow water off the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. About 10cm kind and it but me. It was very bold and didn't run when I moved my hand close. Any one know if that's typical?
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fishx6Top Contributor· 8 Jun 2016
No that is not typical especially for a juvenile as they tend to be darting about the reef. Moreover this fish is not found in the mediterranean and so maybe another type of fish which would be more friendly!
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