Sixbar Wrasse (species: Thalassoma hardwicke) in ALA: Lizard Island (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Thalassoma hardwicke
Sixbar Wrasse


©Andy Lewis: Male Sixbar Wrasse, Lizard Island

©Mark Shepherd: Sixbar Wrasse at Lizard Island

©Anne Hoggett: Thalassoma hardwicke at North Direction Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Actinopterygii
Order Perciformes
Family Labridae
Genus Thalassoma
Species Thalassoma hardwicke

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 20 cm (Length of specimen)

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Arnal, C. (2000). Ecologie comportementale de la symbiose poisson nettoyeur/ poisson client: motivations et honnêteté, Ph.D. thesis, University of Perpignan, France. LIRS catalog number 637.
  • Bellwood, D.R. and P.C. Wainwright (2001). Locomotion in labrid fishes: implications for habitat use and cross-shelf biogeography on the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Reefs, 20: 139-150. LIRS catalog number 787.
  • Bostrom-Einarsson, L., M.C. Bonin, S. Moon and (2018). Environmental impact monitoring of household vinegar-injections to cull crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster spp. Ocean and Coastal Management, 155: 83-89. LIRS catalog number 2202.
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