Christmas Wrasse

Thalassoma trilobatum

Christmas Wrasse — photo 1 of 4
Photo 1 of 4 · NPS photo - Bill Eichenlaub · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
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Habitat
Reef
Max size
30 cm
Depth
0-10 m
Family
Labridae

The Christmas wrasse, also known as the ladder wrasse, green-barred wrasse or green-blocked wrasse, is a species of ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae which is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits shallow reefs at depths from the surface to 10 m (33 ft). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can be found in the aquarium trade.

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