blackspot wrasse
Thalassoma quinquevittatum
- Usual depth4–15 m
- Water temperature26–30 °C
- Best monthsMarch and April
- How commonCommon
About this species
The fivestripe wrasse, also known as the red-ribbon wrasse, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a wrasse, from the family Labridae. It is found in the Indo-Pacific region.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Fivestripe 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: 213 records
- February: 1,986 records
- March: 4,041 records
- April: 5,237 records
- May: 2,433 records
- June: 1,238 records
- July: 690 records
- August: 642 records
- September: 689 records
- October: 173 records
- November: 32 records
- December: 4 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 4–15 m · Deepest record: 41.3 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 26–30 °C
Names and classification
- English
- blackspot wrasse, Five Striped Surge Wrasse, Fivestripe wrasse, Red-banded Wrasse, Red-ribbon Wrasse
Names in 2 more languages
- French
- Labre à cinq bandes
- Japanese
- Hakobera, ハコベラ
Other scientific names: Scarus quinquevittatus, Thalassoma quinquevittata, Thalassoma quinquevittatus, Thalassoma quiquivittatum, Thalassoma qunquevittatum
Similar species
Bluntheaded wrasseThalassoma amblycephalum
Moon wrasseThalassoma lunare
- Parrotfish
Thalassoma hardwicke
- Blue-fin Wrasse
Thalassoma lutescens
- 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).
- 18,414 open-data records from 1939 to 2023.
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