Thalassoma

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Thalassoma
Sunset wrasse (T. lutescens)
Surge wrasse (T. purpureum)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Subfamily: Julidinae
Genus: Thalassoma
Swainson, 1839
Type species
Scarus purpureus
Forsskål, 1775[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Chloricthys Swainson, 1839
  • Bermudichthys Nichols, 1920
  • Pseudojulops Fowler, 1941
Thalassoma Black Damselfish Sixbar wrasse and a Man in the Philipinnes

Thalassoma is a genus of wrasses native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Many species occasionally make their way into the aquarium trade. [3]

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