Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Labridae > Thalassoma > Thalassoma duperrey

Thalassoma duperrey (Saddle-back wrasse; Saddle wrasse)

Synonyms: Julis caeruleocephalus; Julis clepsydralis; Julis duperrey; Thalassoma duperreyi; Thalassoma pyrrhovinctum
Language: Danish; Hawaiian; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

The saddle wrasse (Thalassoma duperrey) is a species of wrasse native to the waters around the Hawaiian Islands and Johnston Island. They are found on reefs at depths from 5 to 25 m (16 to 82 ft). This species can reach 28 cm (11 in) in total length. This species can also be found in the aquarium trade.
View Wikipedia Record: Thalassoma duperrey

Prey / Diet

Phestilla lugubris[1]

Predators

Caranx melampygus (black ulua)[2]
Paracirrhites forsteri (blacksided hawkfish)[1]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Diplobulbus minutus[3]
Preptetos caballeroi[3]
Preptetos xesuri[3]
Proctoeces lintoni[1]

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2Diet, resource partitioning and gear vulnerability of Hawaiian jacks captured in fishing tournaments, Carl G. Meyer, Kim N. Holland, Bradley M. Wetherbee, Christopher G. Lowe, Fisheries Research 53 (2001) 105-113
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0