Thalassoma

Moon wrasse ( Thalassoma lunar )

Thalassoma is a genus of wrasses ( Labridae ). Species of this genus live in the Mediterranean in the tropical and subtropical Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. The fish live in rocky and coral reefs. Thalassoma species have the typical elongated, cylindrical body of Junkerlippfische ( Julidinae ) and are eight to 46 inches long. As with many wrasses Juvenile, males and females are very different, dyed always very colorful. Like most wrasses Thalassoma are the types of free -spawners with no low parental care and lay off their eggs and sperm into the open water. Young fish Thalassoma some species, such as the head of the blue - Junkers ( Thalassoma bifasciatum ) and of the crescent - Junkers ( Thalassoma lunar ) live like Anemonefish between the tentacles of large sea anemones, and are thus protected from predators.

System

Species list according to Fishbase:

German names by Lieske & Myers:

  • Two-color Junker ( Thalassoma amblycephalum ) ( Bleeker, 1856)
  • Thalassoma Ascensionis ( Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
  • Blacktail Wrasse ( Thalassoma ballieui ) ( Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875)
  • Blue head wrasse ( Thalassoma bifasciatum ) ( Bloch, 1791)
  • Thalassoma cupido ( Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)
  • Duperreys Junker ( Thalassoma Duperrey ) ( Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
  • Red- Junker ( Thalassoma genivittatum ) ( Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1839)
  • Thalassoma grammaticum Gilbert, 1890
  • Six Stripe Wrasse ( Thalassoma hardwicke ) ( Bennett, 1830)
  • Gold Ribbon Junker ( Thalassoma Hebraicum ) ( Lacépède, 1801)
  • Thalassoma heiseri Randall & Edwards, 1984
  • Thalassoma jansenii ( Bleeker, 1856)
  • Thalassoma loxum Randall & Mee, 1994
  • Thalassoma lucasanum ( Gill, 1862)
  • Moon wrasse ( Thalassoma lunar ) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Canary Wrasse ( Thalassoma lutescens ) ( Lay & Bennett, 1839)
  • Thalassoma newtoni ( Osório, 1891)
  • Thalassoma nigrofasciatum Randall, 2003
  • Thalassoma noronhanum ( Boulenger, 1890)
  • Meerpfau ( Thalassoma pavo ) (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Surf Junker ( Thalassoma purpureum ) ( Forsskål, 1775)
  • Stripes wrasse ( Thalassoma quinquevittatum ) ( Lay & Bennett, 1839)
  • Thalassoma robert soni Allen, 1995
  • Thalassoma rueppellii ( Klunzinger, 1871)
  • Thalassoma sanctaehelenae ( Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1839)
  • Thalassoma septemfasciata Scott, 1959
  • Christmas Wrasse ( Thalassoma trilobatum ) ( Lacépède, 1801)
  • Thalassoma virens Gilbert, 1890

In addition to these 28 species include the two species of bird wrasse ( Gomphosus ) from a phylogenetic perspective to the genre. Thalassoma can be divided into eight clearly distinct clades in which species from certain maritime regions such as the Indo-Pacific, western or eastern Atlantic are summarized. Gomphosus is available as a sister group of an Indo-Pacific clade within Thalassoma.

West Atlantic group ( T. bifasciatum, T. noronhanum )

Central and ostatl. Group ( T. Ascensionis, T. bifasciatum, T. newtoni, T. pavo, T. sanctaehelenae )

Gomphosus

Remaining Thalassoma species

Small Indo-Pacific clade ( T. ballieui, T. septemfasciata )

Ornate wrasse
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