Sealife guideThe sixbar wrasseThalassoma hardwicke
Last updated on 07/11/2024 at 12:13 AM
Taxonomy
English names
Sixbar wrasse
French namesGirelle paon à taches d'encre
Scientific nameThalassoma hardwicke (Bennett, 1830)
FamilyLabridae
OrderPerciformes
ClassActinopterygii
Did you know ?
The sixbar wrasse is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The sixbar wrasse appears in the IUCN Red List since 2010 within the category Least Concern !
Within the same genus

Jansen's wrasseThalassoma jansenii

Klunzinger's wrasseThalassoma rueppellii

Moon wrasseThalassoma lunare

Ornate wrasseThalassoma pavo

Saddle wrasseThalassoma duperrey

Sunset wrasseThalassoma lutescens

Surge wrasseThalassoma purpureum
Within the same family

Abudjubbe wrasseCheilinus abudjubbe

Axilspot hogfishBodianus axillaris

Blackspot razorfishIniistius dea

Cigar wrasseCheilio inermis

Lyretail hogfishBodianus anthioides

Mexican hogfishBodianus diplotaenia

Yellowblotch razorfishIniistius aneitensis

Zigzag wrasseHalichoeres scapularis
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