Sealife guideThe red sea thicklip wrasseHemigymnus sexfasciatus
Taxonomy
- Common name: Red sea thicklip wrasse
- French name: Labre ou tamarin à bandes noires de mer Rouge
- Scientific name: Hemigymnus sexfasciatus (Rüppell, 1835)
- Family name: Labridae
- Order name: Perciformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
Within the same genus
Half and half wrasse
(Hemigymnus melapterus)
Within the same family
False leopard wrasse
(Macropharyngodon ornatus)
Bluelined wrasse
(Stethojulis albovittata)
Clown coris
(Coris aygula)
Batu coris
(Coris batuensis)
Hogfish
(Lachnolaimus maximus)
Diana's hogfish
(Bodianus diana)
Exquisite fairy wrasse
(Cirrhilabrus exquisitus)
Floral wrasse
(Cheilinus chlorourus)
Explore also
Sheepshead porgy
(Calamus penna)
Spotted seahorse
(Hippocampus kuda)
Moorish idol
(Zanclus cornutus)
Starry grouper
(Epinephelus labriformis)
Maldive anemonefish
(Amphiprion nigripes)
Double barred rabbitfish
(Siganus virgatus)
Common stonefish
(Synanceia verrucosa)
Sailfin snapper
(Symphorichthys spilurus)
The marine species from Red sea
Abudjubbe wrasse
(Cheilinus abudjubbe)
Barramundi cod
(Cromileptes altivelis)
Common snook
(Centropomus undecimalis)
Klunzinger's wrasse
(Thalassoma rueppellii)
Oceanic whitetip shark
(Carcharhinus longimanus)
Red sea anthias
(Pseudanthias taeniatus)
Reticulated damselfish
(Dascyllus reticulatus)
Yellow-ear angelfish
(Apolemichthys xanthotis)
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