Parrotfish
Thalassoma hardwicke
- Usual depth3–8 m
- Water temperature22–30 °C
- Best monthsJune, July, and August
- How commonCommon
About this species
The sixbar wrasse or six-banded wrasse is a species of wrasse in the family Labridae, native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It is an inhabitant of reef environments at depths from the surface down to 15 m (50 ft). This species can grow to 20 cm (8 in) in total length, though most individuals do not exceed 15 cm (6 in). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can also be found in the aquarium trade.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Sixbar wrasse”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 31 records
- February: 165 records
- March: 207 records
- April: 285 records
- May: 177 records
- June: 359 records
- July: 409 records
- August: 358 records
- September: 224 records
- October: 336 records
- November: 102 records
- December: 29 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–8 m · Deepest record: 33 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Parrotfish, Six-banded Wrasse, sixbarred wrasse, Sixbar wrasse, xixbar wrasse
Names in 3 more languages
- French
- Girelle Paon de Hardwicke, Girelle Taches d'encre, Labre à taches d'encre, Tamarin
- Japanese
- Senasujibera, セナスジベラ
- Simplified Chinese
- 六帶龍, 哈氏葉鯛, 哈氏錦魚, 哈氏锦鱼, 四齒, 柳冷仔, 礫仔, 青汕冷, 青銅管, 鞍斑錦魚, 鞍斑锦鱼
Other scientific names: Julis schwanenfeldii, Sparus hardwicke, Thalassoma hardwichei, Thalassoma hardwickei, Thalassoma hardwicki, Thalassoma hardwickii, Thalassoma schwanefeldi, Thalassoma schwanenfeldii, Thalassoma schwaneveldi
Similar species
Bluntheaded wrasseThalassoma amblycephalum
Moon wrasseThalassoma lunare
- Blue-fin Wrasse
Thalassoma lutescens
- blackspot wrasse
Thalassoma quinquevittatum
- Jansen's Wrasse
Thalassoma jansenii
- Surge wrasse
Thalassoma purpureum
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 6,545 open-data records from 1902 to 2023.
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