Location: Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and
Indo-Pacific Reefs
Blackbar Wrasse
Thalassoma nigrofasciatum
Blackbar Wrasse
Category: Wrasses
Scientific Name: Thalassoma nigrofasciatum
Size: Up to 8 in. (20 cm)
Depth: 3-30 ft. (1-10 m)
Distribution: Papua New Guinea, Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, Fiji
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Eupercaria (Order)
└Labridae (Family)
└Julidinae (Subfamily)
└Thalassoma (Genus)
└T. nigrofasciatum (Species)
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