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Thalassoma amblycephalum (Bleeker, 1856)

Bluntheaded wrasse
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Australia country information

Common names: Bluehead wrasse, Bluntheaded wrasse, Moon wrasse
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Rowley Shoals, the Great Barrier Reef, and Lord Howe I. (Ref. 2334). Reported from the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Ref. 75154). Also Ref. 1602, 2334, 8879.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/as.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.csiro.au/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Hoese, D.F., D.J. Bray, J.R. Paxton and G.R. Allen, 2006
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Bluehead wrasse, Rainbow wrasse, Kogashirabera, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses) > Corinae
Etymology: Thalassoma: Greek, thalassa = the sea + Greek, soma = body; the colour of the sea (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 15 m (Ref. 1602), usually 1 - 15 m (Ref. 27115).   Subtropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 27115); 30°N - 32°S

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