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Black-barred Wrasse

Thalassoma nigrofasciatum

Classification

Family
Labridae

The black-barred wrasse (Thalassoma nigrofasciatum) is a species of ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae which is native to the southwestern Pacific Ocean. Description In the black-barred wrasse the adults are blackish above and have the ventral half of the head, chest and belly white. There is a short white to yellow vertical stripe which starts above the pectoral-fin base, a further two broad white to yellow stripes are on the flanks and they have a yellow tail.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 168