Sealife guideThe six line wrassePseudocheilinus hexataenia

Taxonomy

Common name: Six line wrasse
French name: Labre à six bandes
Scientific name: Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Bleeker, 1857)
Family name: Labridae
Order name: Perciformes
Class name: Actinopterygii

Did you know ?

The six line wrasse is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The six line wrasse appears in the IUCN Red List since 2010 within the category Least Concern !

The six line wrasse (Pseudocheilinus hexataenia) © Ali Altug Kirisoglu | Dreamstime.com

Within the same family

Moon wrasse
(Thalassoma lunare)

Yellowblotch razorfish
(Iniistius aneitensis)

Fivefinger razorfish
(Iniistius pentadactylus)

Tail-spot wrasse
(Halichoeres melanurus)

Fourline wrasse
(Larabicus quadrilineatus)

Hogfish
(Lachnolaimus maximus)

Spanish hogfish
(Bodianus rufus)

Humphead wrasse
(Cheilinus undulatus)

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(Paranthias furcifer)

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(Lophius piscatorius)

Indian threadfish
(Alectis indica)

Painted sweetlips
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(Scorpaena notata)

Panda butterflyfish
(Chaetodon adiergastos)

Eschmeyer's scorpionfish
(Rhinopias eschmeyeri)

Steel pompano
(Trachinotus stilbe)

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