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Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 212209

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Corinae (Subfamily) > Thalassoma (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Thalassoma Swainson, 1839
Synonymised
taxa		  Labrus lunaris Linnaeus, 1758
 Thalassoma lunaris (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
 Thallasoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)
Sources  basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English moon wrasse  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Chagos [details]
Djibouti [details]
Kenya [details]
Madagascar [details]
Mauritius [details]
Mozambique [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Red Sea [details]
Reunion [details]
Seychelles [details]
Somalia [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Tanzania [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (41 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (41 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (51 nucleotides; 34 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Note  Description: Occurs in the upper portions of lagoon and coastal reefs, and in protected seaward reefs (Ref. 1602). Feeds mainly on small benthic invertebrates and fish eggs (Ref. 9823). [details]
Image 
Thalassoma lunare
Thalassoma lunare
added on 2008-12-16 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212209
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-24 18:26:33Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212209 on 2013-05-25
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