Yap, Micronesia
Initial Phase
Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Terminal Phase
Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and
Indo-Pacific Reefs
Yellow-Brown Wrasse
Thalassoma lutescens
Yellow-Brown Wrasse
Also known as: Sunset Wrasse, Green Moon Wrasse
Category: Wrasses
Scientific Name: Thalassoma lutescens
Size: Up to 10 in. (25 cm)
Depth: 6-100 ft. (2-30 m)
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii, Australia, French Polynesia
Chordata (Phylum)
└Vertebrata (Subphylum)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
└Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
└Teleostei (Class)
└Eupercaria (Order)
└Labridae (Family)
└Julidinae (Subfamily)
└Thalassoma (Genus)
└T. lutescens (Species)
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