Sealife guideThe sixbar wrasseThalassoma hardwicke
Taxonomy
- Common name: Sixbar wrasse
- French name: Girelle paon à taches d'encre
- Scientific name: Thalassoma hardwicke (Bennett, 1830)
- Family name: Labridae
- Order name: Perciformes
- Class name: Actinopterygii
Did you know ?
The sixbar wrasse is listed as many other marine species within The IUCN Red List of threatened species. The sixbar wrasse appears in the IUCN Red List since 2010 within the category Least Concern !
Within the same genus

Jansen's wrasse
(Thalassoma jansenii)
(Thalassoma jansenii)

Surge wrasse
(Thalassoma purpureum)
(Thalassoma purpureum)

Ornate wrasse
(Thalassoma pavo)
(Thalassoma pavo)

Saddle wrasse
(Thalassoma duperrey)
(Thalassoma duperrey)

Klunzinger's wrasse
(Thalassoma rueppellii)
(Thalassoma rueppellii)

Sunset wrasse
(Thalassoma lutescens)
(Thalassoma lutescens)

Moon wrasse
(Thalassoma lunare)
(Thalassoma lunare)
Within the same family

Bluelined wrasse
(Stethojulis albovittata)
(Stethojulis albovittata)

Philippines wrasse
(Pseudocoris bleekeri)
(Pseudocoris bleekeri)

Peacock razorfish
(Iniistius pavo)
(Iniistius pavo)

Yellowhead wrasse
(Halichoeres garnoti)
(Halichoeres garnoti)

Fourline wrasse
(Larabicus quadrilineatus)
(Larabicus quadrilineatus)

Canary wrasse
(Halichoeres chrysus)
(Halichoeres chrysus)

Blackbelt hogfish
(Bodianus mesothorax)
(Bodianus mesothorax)

Humphead wrasse
(Cheilinus undulatus)
(Cheilinus undulatus)
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Blue chromis
(Azurina cyanea)
(Azurina cyanea)

Pale damselfish
(Amblyglyphidodon indicus)
(Amblyglyphidodon indicus)

Leafy sea dragon
(Phycodurus eques)
(Phycodurus eques)

Atlantic mackerel
(Scomber scombrus)
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Small red scorpionfish
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(Paracirrhites forsteri)
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(Taenianotus triacanthus)
(Taenianotus triacanthus)

Banded pipefish
(Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus)
(Dunckerocampus dactyliophorus)
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