''Thalassoma'' is a

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s native to the

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Oceans. Many species occasionally make their way into the aquarium trade.

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Thalassoma amblycephalum'' ( Bleeker, 1856) (blunt-headed wrasse) * '' Thalassoma ascensionis'' ( Quoy &

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, 1834) (Ascension wrasse) * '' Thalassoma ballieui'' ( Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875) (blacktail wrasse) * ''

Thalassoma bifasciatum ''Thalassoma bifasciatum'', the bluehead, bluehead wrasse or blue-headed wrasse, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae. It is native to the coral reefs of the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean ...

'' ( Bloch, 1791) (bluehead wrasse) * '' Thalassoma cupido'' (

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, 1845) (Cupid wrasse) * '' Thalassoma duperrey'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) (saddle wrasse) * '' Thalassoma genivittatum'' (

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, 1839) (red-cheek wrasse) * '' Thalassoma grammaticum'' C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (sunset wrasse) * ''

Thalassoma hardwicke The sixbar wrasse or six-banded wrasse (''Thalassoma hardwicke'') is a species of wrasse in the family Labridae, native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It is an inhabitant of reef environments at depths from the surface down ...

'' ( J. W. Bennett, 1830) (sixbar wrasse) * '' Thalassoma hebraicum'' ( Lacépède, 1801) (goldbar wrasse) * '' Thalassoma heiseri'' J. E. Randall & A. J. Edwards, 1984 (Pitcairn rainbow wrasse) * '' Thalassoma jansenii'' ( Bleeker, 1856) (Jansen's wrasse) * '' Thalassoma loxum'' J. E. Randall & Mee, 1994 (Oman wrasse) * ''

Thalassoma lucasanum The Cortez rainbow wrasse (''Thalassoma lucasanum'') is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Pacific Ocean from Baja California to Peru, as well as around the Galapagos Islands. It is a reef inhabitant, occurring in small schools from the s ...

'' ( T. N. Gill, 1862) (Cortez rainbow wrasse) * ''

Thalassoma lunare The moon wrasse (''Thalassoma lunare'') also known as the crescent wrasse or lyretail wrasse, is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It is an inhabitant of coral reefs and surrounding areas at depths fro ...

'' (

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, 1758) (moon wrasse) * '' Thalassoma lutescens'' ( Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839) (yellow-brown wrasse) * '' Thalassoma newtoni'' ( Osório, 1891) (Newton's wrasse) * '' Thalassoma nigrofasciatum'' J. E. Randall, 2003 (black-barred wrasse) * '' Thalassoma noronhanum'' ( Boulenger, 1890) (Noronha wrasse) * '' Thalassoma pavo'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (ornate wrasse) * '' Thalassoma purpureum'' ( Forsskål, 1775) (surge wrasse) * '' Thalassoma quinquevittatum'' (Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839) (fivestripe wrasse) * '' Thalassoma robertsoni'' G. R. Allen, 1995 (Robertson's rainbow wrasse) * '' Thalassoma rueppellii'' ( Klunzinger, 1871) (Klunzinger's wrasse) * '' Thalassoma sanctaehelenae'' (Valenciennes, 1839) (St. Helena wrasse) * '' Thalassoma septemfasciata'' T. D. Scott, 1959 (Seven-banded wrasse) * '' Thalassoma trilobatum'' (Lacépède, 1801) (Christmas wrasse) * '' Thalassoma virens'' C. H. Gilbert, 1890 (Eastern Pacific emerald wrasse)

References

Marine fish genera Taxa named by William John Swainson {{Labridae-stub