Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Blackeye Thicklip
Hemigymnus melapterus
Blackeye Thicklip
Category: Wrasses
Scientific Name: Hemigymnus melapterus
Size: Up to 3 ft. (90 cm)  
Depth: 10-100 ft. (3-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Red Sea, Australia, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum) Chordates
└Vertebrata (Subphylum) Vertebrates
 └Osteichthyes (Parvphylum) Bony Fishes
  └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass) Ray-Finned Fish
   └Teleostei (Class) Teleosts
    └Eupercaria (Order)
     └Labridae (Family) Wrasses
      └Julidinae (Subfamily)
       └Hemigymnus (Genus)
        └H. melapterus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 218998🔗
iNaturalist ID: 102580🔗

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