Thalassoma bifasciatum

Thalassoma bifasciatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Labriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Labriformes

Familia: Labridae
Genus: Thalassoma
Species: Thalassoma bifasciatum

Name

Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch, 1791)

Holotype: ZMB 2580.

Type locality: East India [actually western Atlantic].

Synonyms

• Julis nitida Günther, 1862
• Labrus bifasciatus Bloch, 1791
• Thalassoma nitida (Günther, 1862)

References

• Bloch, M.E. 1791: Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlin. 5: i-viii + 1-152, Pls. 253-288.
• Allen, G.R., N.J. Cross, C.J. Allen & M.F. Gomon 2006: Labridae. Labrinae (pp. 1368-1418). In: Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. Fishes.
• Thalassoma bifasciatum in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Bluehead