Two-tone wrasse
Thalassoma amblycephalum
Category: Reef Fish
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Eupercaria incertae sedis
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Thalassoma
Where to Find
Found in 58 diving areas across 33 countries and 5 regions.
- Christmas Island, Australia - 13 records
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia - 13 records
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 5 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 2 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 9 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 399 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 2 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 18 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 29 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 5 records
- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands - 4 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 3 records
- Yap, Micronesia - 2 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 2 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 15 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 201 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 16 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 14 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 10 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 25 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 23 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 8 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 4 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 8 records
- Okinawa Main Island, Japan - 2 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 1 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 8 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 14 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 8 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 5 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 10 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 9 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 14 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 1 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 1 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 5 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 68 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 14 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 19 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 1 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 14 records
- Siargao, Philippines - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 39 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 8 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 190 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 217 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 3 records