Thalassoma
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Sunset Wrasse, Emily Bay, Kingston 2899, Norfolk Island imported from iNaturalist photo 444014203 (cropped).jpg
| image_caption = Sunset wrasse (T. lutescens)
| image2 = Thalassoma purpureum 209392153 (cropped).jpg
| image2_caption = Surge wrasse (T. purpureum)
| taxon = Thalassoma
| authority = Swainson, 1839
| type_species = Scarus purpureus
| type_species_authority = Forsskål, 1775{{Cof record|genid=1556|title=Thalassoma|access-date=1 February 2020}}
| synonyms = * Chloricthys Swainson, 1839
| synonyms_ref = {{Cof family|family=Labridae|access-date=1 February 2020}}
}}
Thalassoma is a genus of wrasses native to the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Many species occasionally make their way into the aquarium trade.
Species
File:Hybrid-Thalassoma-duperrey-X-lutescens-variations-at-Johnston-Atoll.png x lutescens)]]
File:OtomenishikiWin.jpg x cupido)]]
The currently recognized species in this genus are:{{FishBase genus | genus = Thalassoma| month = October | year = 2013}}
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Species !Common name !Image |
| Thalassoma amblycephalum
(Bleeker, 1856) |blunt-headed wrasse |
| Thalassoma ascensionis
|Ascension wrasse | |
| Thalassoma ballieui
|blacktail wrasse |
| Thalassoma bifasciatum
(Bloch, 1791) |bluehead wrasse |
| Thalassoma cupido
|Cupid wrasse |
| Thalassoma duperrey
(Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) |saddle wrasse |
| Thalassoma genivittatum
(Valenciennes, 1839) |red-cheek wrasse |
| Thalassoma grammaticum
C. H. Gilbert, 1890 |sunset wrasse |
| Thalassoma hardwicke
(J. W. Bennett, 1830) |sixbar wrasse |
| Thalassoma hebraicum
(Lacépède, 1801) |goldbar wrasse |
| Thalassoma heiseri
J. E. Randall & A. J. Edwards, 1984 |Pitcairn rainbow wrasse | |
| Thalassoma jansenii
(Bleeker, 1856) |Jansen's wrasse |
| Thalassoma loxum
J. E. Randall & Mee, 1994 |Oman wrasse | |
| Thalassoma lucasanum
(T. N. Gill, 1862) |Cortez rainbow wrasse |
| Thalassoma lunare
(Linnaeus, 1758) |moon wrasse |
| Thalassoma lutescens
(Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839) |sunset wrasse |
| Thalassoma newtoni
(Osório, 1891) |Newton's wrasse | |
| Thalassoma nigrofasciatum
J. E. Randall, 2003 |black-barred wrasse |
| Thalassoma noronhanum
(Boulenger, 1890) |Noronha wrasse |
| Thalassoma pavo
(Linnaeus, 1758) |ornate wrasse |
| Thalassoma purpureum
(Forsskål, 1775) |surge wrasse |
| Thalassoma quinquevittatum
(Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839) |fivestripe wrasse |
| Thalassoma robertsoni
G. R. Allen, 1995 |Robertson's rainbow wrasse | |
| Thalassoma rueppellii
(Klunzinger, 1871) |Klunzinger's wrasse |
| Thalassoma sanctaehelenae
(Valenciennes, 1839) |St. Helena wrasse | |
| Thalassoma septemfasciata
T. D. Scott, 1959 |seven-banded wrasse | |
| Thalassoma trilobatum
(Lacépède, 1801) |Christmas wrasse |
| Thalassoma virens
C. H. Gilbert, 1890 |emerald wrasse |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q137133}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Taxa named by William Swainson
{{Labridae-stub}}