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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses) > Corinae
Etymology: Thalassoma: Greek, thalassa = the sea + Greek, soma = body; the colour of the sea (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Quoy & Gaimard.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; reef-associated; non-migratory; depth range 1 - ? m (Ref. 58302), usually 5 - 25 m (Ref. 27115). Tropical; 22°C - 26°C (Ref. 27115); 30°N - 15°N

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Eastern Central Pacific: Johnston (Ref. 11013) and Hawaiian islands.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m 9.2, range 6 - 12 cm
Max length : 28.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3921)

Occur in clear lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 9710). Benthopelagic over coral, rock and rubble (Ref. 58302). Feed mainly on benthic animals. Juveniles and adults sometimes act as cleaners (Ref. 9710). Spawning occur either in aggregations by fish in the initial color phase or in pairs, typically with the terminal male being much larger than the female.

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Pelagic spawner. Sex reversal is completed in 8-12 weeks (Ref. 34185, 34261). Also Ref. 38856, 38703. Primary males participate in group spawning and have large testes; secondary males engage in pair-spawning and have smaller, reduced testes (Ref. 48503).

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Randall, J.E., 1985. Guide to Hawaiian reef fishes. Harrowood Books, Newtown Square, PA 19073, USA. 74 p. (Ref. 3921)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 126983)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 June 2008

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Aquarium: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 24.3 - 26.3, mean 25.1 °C (based on 60 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00832 (0.00463 - 0.01496), b=3.01 (2.86 - 3.16), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for species & Genus-BS (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.1 se; based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm=1).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (18 of 100).

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 71.2 [43.3, 116.3] mg/100g ; Iron = 0.751 [0.440, 1.322] mg/100g ; Protein = 18.7 [15.8, 20.9] % ; Omega3 = 0.145 [0.098, 0.222] g/100g ; Selenium = 32.7 [20.8, 56.9] μg/100g ; VitaminA = 71.8 [24.0, 258.1] μg/100g ; Zinc = 1.46 [1.05, 2.27] mg/100g (wet weight);

Thalassoma duperrey (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)