Florent's Guide To The

Tropical 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)
└Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
 └Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  └Actinopteri (Superclass)
   └Teleostei (Class)
    └Eupercaria (Order)
     └Labridae (Family)
      └Thalassoma (Genus)











































































































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