#2380 · 🐟 fish

Blackeye Thicklip

Hemigymnus melapterus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The Blackeye thicklip wrasse or Half-and-half wrasse ( Hemigymnus melapterus ) is a species of fish belonging to the wrasse family. It is native to the Indo-Pacific.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,669iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,669 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Marcus Elieser Bloch in 1791 (235 years ago).