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Goldbar wrasse
Thalassoma hebraicum
Valid name (FishBase; confirmed in Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes and WoRMS, October 2026).
- English
- Goldbar wrasse
- Scientific
- Thalassoma hebraicum
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Reef fish
- Family
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 23 cm (total length)
- Depth and habitat
- Coral reefs and reef-associated habitats, recorded from 1 to 30 m (usually 3 to 30 m)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2009
Description
A wrasse with a green body, a broad yellow bar behind the head and blue lines on the head, reaching about 23 cm. It lives on patch reefs and rocks in lagoons and seaward reefs.
Sources
- fishbase.se /summary/Thalassoma-hebraicum.html
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Wrasse_Seychelles.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No Dhivehi name found in MRS 1997 (available chapters), FishBase (country: Maldives) or Dhivehi Wikipedia.