Thalassoma

Thalassoma is a genus of wrasses native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Many species occasionally make their way into the aquarium trade. ^[3]

Thalassoma
Sunset wrasse (T. lutescens)
Surge wrasse (T. purpureum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Tribe:	Julidini
Genus:	Thalassoma Swainson, 1839
Type species
Scarus purpureus Forsskål, 1775[1]
Synonyms[2]
Chloricthys Swainson, 1839 Bermudichthys Nichols, 1920 Pseudojulops Fowler, 1941

Species

Hybrids (T. duperrey x lutescens)

Hybrid (T. lunare x cupido)

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[3]

Species	Common name	Image
Thalassoma amblycephalum (Bleeker, 1856)	blunt-headed wrasse
Thalassoma ascensionis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)	Ascension wrasse
Thalassoma ballieui (Vaillant & Sauvage, 1875)	blacktail wrasse
Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch, 1791)	bluehead wrasse
Thalassoma cupido (Temminck & Schlegel, 1845)	Cupid wrasse
Thalassoma duperrey (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)	saddle wrasse
Thalassoma genivittatum (Valenciennes, 1839)	red-cheek wrasse
Thalassoma grammaticum C. H. Gilbert, 1890	sunset wrasse
Thalassoma hardwicke (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 (T. N. Gill, 1862)	Cortez rainbow wrasse
Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758)	moon wrasse
Thalassoma lutescens (Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839)	sunset 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	emerald wrasse