WoRMS taxon details
Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch, 1791)
159786 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159786)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution Western Atlantic: 42.4°N to Bermuda, Florida (USA), southeastern Gulf of Mexico and throughout the Caribbean Sea to...
Distribution Western Atlantic: 42.4°N to Bermuda, Florida (USA), southeastern Gulf of Mexico and throughout the Caribbean Sea to northern South America [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2018). FishBase. Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bloch, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159786 on 2018-12-16
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basis of record
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2018). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. , available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
additional source Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details]
additional source McEachran, J. D. (2009). Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Diet Feeds mainly on zooplankton and small benthic animals, but may also feed on ectoparasites of other fishes [details]Distribution Western Atlantic: 42.4°N to Bermuda, Florida (USA), southeastern Gulf of Mexico and throughout the Caribbean Sea to northern South America [details]
Habitat Inhabits reef areas, inshore bays and seagrass beds. [details]
Habitat nektonic [details]
Importance Social- Commercial, aquariumfish [details]
Reproduction Spawn at midday throughout the year [details]
To Barcode of Life (71 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Julis nitida Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Labrus bifasciatus Bloch, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus bifasciatus Bloch, 1791)
To FishBase (from synonym Thalassoma nitida (Günther, 1862))
To FishBase (from synonym Julis nitida Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Thalassoma bisfaciatum (Bloch, 1791))
To GenBank (244 nucleotides; 48 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Julis nitida Günther, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications) (from synonym Labrus bifasciatus Bloch, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (40 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus bifasciatus Bloch, 1791)
To FishBase (from synonym Thalassoma nitida (Günther, 1862))
To FishBase (from synonym Julis nitida Günther, 1862)
To FishBase (from synonym Thalassoma bisfaciatum (Bloch, 1791))
To GenBank (244 nucleotides; 48 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS
