Jansen's Wrasse
Thalassoma jansenii
- Usual depth3–10 m
- Water temperature22–30 °C
- Best monthsJune and October
- How commonOccasional
About this species
Jansen's wrasse is a species of ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae which is native to the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean. In the south-western Pacific Ocean it is replaced by sibling species black-barred wrasse. It can be found in the aquarium trade.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Jansen's 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: 10 records
- February: 12 records
- March: 45 records
- April: 31 records
- May: 22 records
- June: 77 records
- July: 10 records
- August: 10 records
- September: 29 records
- October: 61 records
- November: 15 records
- December: 10 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 3–10 m · Deepest record: 52 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 22–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Jansen's Wrasse
Names in 2 more languages
- French
- Girelle Guêpe
- Japanese
- Yansen-nishikibera, Yansennishikibera, ヤンセンニシキベラ
Other scientific names: Julis jansenii, Thalassoma janseni
Similar species
Bluntheaded wrasseThalassoma amblycephalum
Moon wrasseThalassoma lunare
- Parrotfish
Thalassoma hardwicke
- Blue-fin Wrasse
Thalassoma lutescens
- blackspot wrasse
Thalassoma quinquevittatum
- 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).
- 864 open-data records from 1906 to 2023.
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