Thalassoma lunare

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• Description
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Overview

Family : Wrasses ; Occurs in the upper portions of lagoon and coastal reefs, and in protected seaward reefs[1]. Enters estuaries[2]. Usually found on upper portions of ledges and heads [3]. Feeds mainly on small benthic invertebrates and fish eggs [4].

Common Names

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Description

Family Labridae

Distribution: Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific. Protrusible mouth . Most jaw teeth with gaps between them; teeth usually jutting outward. Dorsal fin 8-21 spines (usually less than15), 6-21 soft rays . Anal fin 4-6 spines (often 3), 7-18 soft rays. Cycloid scales , generally large to moderate, 25-80 along the side (may be small and over 100 if small. Lateral line interrupted or continuous. Vertebrae 23-42. Snout elongated in the genus Gomphosus. Size, shape and color very diversified. Most species are sand burrowers; carnivores on benthic invertebrates ; also planktivores , and some small species remove ectoparasites of larger fishes . Most species change color and sex with growth, from an initial phase (IP) of both males and females, the latter able to change sex into an often brilliantly colored terminal male phase (TP). Males dominate several females; all Indo-Pacific species are pelagic spawners. Most species do well in aquaria , and young Coris are particularly popular. Maximum length about 2.3 m , many are less than 15 cm, the shortest being 4.5 cm. Medium to large species are important food fishes.The family Labridae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and the Order Perciformes. It contains 60 genera and 500 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Many members of this family are used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is labriform . Compared with other fish, the activity level of this family tends to be normal. Members of this family have been dated back to the Paleocene epoch of the Tertiary period. Etymology of this family name : Latin, labrum = furious

Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -6,005 meters (0 to -19,701 feet).[5]

Biome: Saltwater . Reef-associated .

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Labrus lunaris Linnaeus, 1758
2. Thallasoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Similar Species

Members of the genus Thalassoma

There are approximately 94 species in this genus:

T. ablycephalum · T. albolineum · T. amblycephalum (Blunt-Headed Wrasse) · T. amblycephalus · T. aneitense · T. ascensionis (Greenfish) · T. baillieui · T. ballieui (Ballieu's Wrasse) · T. berendti · T. bifasciata · T. bifasciatum (Bluehead Wrasse) · T. bifasciatus · T. bifasciatuus · T. bivittata · T. chlorurus · T. cranei · T. cupido (Cupid Wrasse) · T. dorsale · T. dorsalis · T. duberry · T. dupenney · T. duperrcyi · T. duperrei · T. duperrey (Saddle-Back Wrasse) · T. duperreyi · T. duperry · T. duperryi · T. dupperyi · T. fuliginosus · T. trilobatum · T. fuscus · T. genivittatum (Red-Cheek Wrasse) · T. grammaticum (Sunset Wrasse) · T. grammaticus · T. guluquerittata · T. guntheri · T. hardwicke (Six-Banded Wrasse) · T. hardwickei · T. hardwicki · T. hebracium · T. hebraica · T. hebraicum (Crossbanded Wrasse) · T. heiseri · T. herbraicum · T. herrei · T. immanis · T. nigrofasciatum (Jansen's Wrasse) · T. jansenii (Jansen´s Wrasse) · T. klunzinger · T. locasanum · T. loxum · T. lucasanum (Cortez Rainbow Wrasse) · T. lucasanus · T. lunar · T. lunare (Crescent Wrasse) · T. lunaris · T. lutescens (Yellow-Blotched Tilefish) · T. marnae · T. mascarenum · T. melanochir · T. melanoptera · T. neanis · T. newtoni · T. nigrofasciatum · T. pavo · T. nitidum · T. nitidus · T. noronhanum (Noronha Wrasse) · T. pauotorquato · T. pavo (Frecklefin Goby) · T. pavo taeniata · T. pavo torquata · T. purpurea · T. purpureum (Rainbow Wrasse) · T. pyrrhovinctum · T. quinquevittata · T. quinquevittatum (Five Striped Surge Wrasse) · T. quinquevittatus · T. quinquivittatum · T. robertsoni · T. roseus · T. rueppellii (Klunzinger's Wrasse) · T. sanctaehelenae (St. Helena Wrasse) · T. schwanefeldi · T. schwanefeldii · T. schwanenfeldii · T. septemfasciata (Seven-Banded Wrasse) · T. socorroense · T. steindachneri · T. trilobatum (Green-Blocked Wrasse) · T. umbrostigma · T. trilobatum · T. unimaculatum · T. virens (Emerald Sleeper)

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Further Reading

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• Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Washington, The Commission, Govt. Print. Off. ENG url p. 214, p. 215, p. 30.
• Conlu, P.V. (1986). Guide to Philippine flora and fauna. Fishes. Volume IX. Natural Resources Management Center, Quezon City. 495 p.
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• Dalzell, P., S.R. Lindsay and H. Patiale. (1991). Fisheries resources survey of the Island of Niue. Tech. Doc. Inshore Fish. Res. Proj. S. Pac. Comm 3. A report prepared in conjunction with the South Pacific Commission Inshore Fisheries Research Proje
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Notes

Contributors

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 10, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 23 providers.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 10, 2007:

• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, AIMS - Baited Remote Underwater Video Station
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bishop Museum Data
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, iziko South African Museum - Fish Collection
• Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Vertebrate specimens
• Museum national d'histoire naturelle, Ichtyologie
• National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• Royal Ontario Museum, Fish specimens
• University of Kansas Biodiversity Research Center, Fish Collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2502932
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-25735
• Fishbase Species ID: 5645
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13283716
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 170572
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 126462

Footnotes

1. Myers, R.F. (1991). Micronesian reef fishes. Second Ed. Coral Graphics, Barrigada, Guam. 298 p. [back]
2. Kuiter, R. H. and Tonozuka (2001). Pictorial guide to Indonesian reef fishes. Part 2. Fusiliers - Dragonets, Caesionidar - Callionymidae. Zoonetics, Australia. 304-622 p. [back]
3. Lieske, E. and R. Myers (1994). Collins Pocket Guide. Coral reef fishes. Indo-Pacific & Caribbean including the Red Sea. Haper Collins Publishers, 400 p. [back]
4. Westneat, M.W. (2001). Labridae. Wrasses, hogfishes, razorfishes, corises, tuskfishes. p. 3381-3467. In K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific [back]
5. Mean = -789.330 meters (-2,589.665 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,156.020 based on 449 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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