#2311 · 🐟 fish

Sixbar Wrasse

Thalassoma hardwicke

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

The sixbar wrasse or six-banded wrasse ( Thalassoma hardwicke ) is a species of wrasse in the family Labridae, native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It is an inhabitant of reef environments at depths from the surface down to 15 m (50 ft). This species can grow to 20 cm (8 in) in total length, though most individuals do not exceed 15 cm (6 in). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can also be found in...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,943iNaturalist 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.
4,943 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Whitchurch Bennett in 1830 (196 years ago).