Thalassoma nigrofasciatum
Blackbarred Wrasse
©Anne Hoggett: Thalassoma nigrofasciatum near the reef crest between Bird and South Islands, Lizard Island Group.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Perciformes
Family
Labridae
Genus
Thalassoma
Species
Thalassoma nigrofasciatum
Colours
Distinguishing features
"Adults are blackish with the lower half of the head, chest and belly white, a short white to yellow vertical band above the pectoral-fin base, two broad white to yellow bars on the sides and a yellow tail. The pale areas in females are mostly white, whereas in males these areas tend to be more yellow. Males also have a pale pink chin and filamentous lobes on the tail.
Often confused with the closely related Jansen's Wrasse, Thalassoma jansenii."
(Dianne J. Bray, Thalassoma nigrofasciatum in Fishes of Australia, accessed 24 Jan 2019).
Size
- Up to 20 cm (Length of specimen)
Depth range
- Depth range data is not yet available.
Synonyms
Similar taxa
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Animalia:
species: Thalassoma jansenii
occurs in the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific to Marshall Islands and Japan but it does not occur in eastern Papua New Guinea or on the Great Barrier Reef where it is replaced by the closely-related Thalassoma nigrofasciatum (Allen and Erdmann, 2012). There are many records of Thalassoma jansenii from the Lizard Island area before Thalassoma nigrofasciatum was described in 2003 (and also afterwards). All of those records were transferred to Thalassoma nigrofasciatum in LIFG in Jan 2019.
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
- World Register of Marine Species
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- iNaturalist
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Fishes of Australia - Thalassoma nigrofasciatum
- Fishes of Australia (Museum of Victoria)
- Fishbase
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References
References that assist with identification
- Allen and M.V. Erdmann, G.R. (2012). Reef fishes of the East Indies. Volumes I-III in: Reef fishes of the East Indies. Tropical Reef Research, Perth, Australia. LIRS catalog number 90162.
Other references
- Bernardi, G., G. Bucciarelli, D. Costagliola, D.R. Robertson and J.B. Heiser (2004). Evolution of coral reef fish Thalassoma sp(p). (Labridae). 1. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography, Marine Biology, 144: 369-375. LIRS catalog number 1163.
- Binning, S.A. (2014). The effects of biotic and abiotic factors on fish swimming performance. PhD thesis, Australian National University. LIRS catalog number 1769.
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