Surge wrasse

Surge wrasse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Thalassoma
Species: T. purpureum
Binomial name
Thalassoma purpureum
(Forsskål, 1775)
Synonyms
  • Scarus purpureus Forsskål, 1775
  • Julis semicoeruleus Rüppell, 1835
  • Thalassoma semicoeruleus (Rüppell, 1835)
  • Julis umbrostygma Rüppell, 1835
  • Thalassoma umbrostygma (Rüppell, 1835)

The surge wrasse, Thalassoma purpureum, is a species of wrasse native to the southeast Atlantic Ocean through the Indian and Pacific Oceans, where it inhabits reefs and rocky coastlines in areas of heavy wave action at depths from the surface to 10 m (33 ft). It can grow to 46 cm (18 in) in total length and 1.2 kg (2.6 lb) in weight. This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries, is popular as a game fish, and can be found in the aquarium trade.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Cabanban, A. & Pollard, D. 2010. Thalassoma purpureum. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 17 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Thalassoma purpureum" in FishBase. October 2013 version.
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