Christmas wrasse
Thalassoma trilobatum
- Usual depth2–10 m
- Water temperature21–29 °C
- Best monthsAugust, September, and October
- How commonOccasional
About this species
The Christmas wrasse, also known as the ladder wrasse, green-barred wrasse or green-blocked wrasse, is a species of ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae which is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits shallow reefs at depths from the surface to 10 m (33 ft). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can be found in the aquarium trade.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Christmas 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: 5 records
- February: 36 records
- March: 103 records
- April: 114 records
- May: 82 records
- June: 67 records
- July: 86 records
- August: 168 records
- September: 229 records
- October: 152 records
- November: 51 records
- December: 16 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 2–10 m · Deepest record: 35 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 21–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Christmas wrasse, Green-barred Wrasse, Green-blocked Wrasse, Ladder Wrasse, Parrotfish
Names in 5 more languages
- German
- Weihnachts-Junker
- Spanish
- Doncella Navideña, Señorita de Navidad
- French
- Girelle de Noël, Girelle-paon clown, Labre de Christmas, Marar
- Japanese
- Ryugubera, Ryûgûbera, リュウグウベラ
- Simplified Chinese
- 三叶锦鱼, 三葉葉鯛, 三葉錦魚, 四齒, 礫仔, 綠斑葉鯛, 貓仔魚, 青貢冷
Other scientific names: Labrus fuscus, Labrus trilobatus, Thalassoma fuscum, Thalassoma fuscus
Similar species
Bluntheaded wrasseThalassoma amblycephalum
Moon wrasseThalassoma lunare
- Parrotfish
Thalassoma hardwicke
- Blue-fin Wrasse
Thalassoma lutescens
- blackspot wrasse
Thalassoma quinquevittatum
- Jansen's Wrasse
Thalassoma jansenii
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).
- 1,649 open-data records from 1902 to 2023.
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