St. Helena wrasse

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St. Helena wrasse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Thalassoma
Species:
T. sanctahelenae
Binomial name
Thalassoma sanctahelenae
(Valenciennes, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Julis sanctaehelenaeValenciennes, 1839

The St. Helena wrasse (Thalassoma sanctahelenae) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae. This poorly known species is endemic to the waters around St. Helena. [2] It is a species associated with reef sand it is found in shallow coastal waters in the vicinity of rocks and rocky reefs. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Pollard, D. & Choat, H. (2010). "Thalassoma sanctaehelenae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T187377A8518039. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187377A8518039.en . Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Thalassoma sanctahelenae". FishBase . October 2013 version.


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