Wrasse
Thalassoma lunare
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 67 diving areas across 34 countries and 6 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 3 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 5 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 49 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 1 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 151 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 6 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 50 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 10 records
- Ha'apai Group, Tonga - 88 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 71 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 369 records
- Funafuti Atoll, Tuvalu - 2 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 3 records
- Ishigaki & Yaeyama, Japan - 1 records
- Jeju Island, South Korea - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 3 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 3 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 3 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 4 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 2 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 1 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 2 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 5 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 4 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 4 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 2 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 25 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 19 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 25 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 36 records
- Kalpitiya & Northwest, Sri Lanka - 4 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 6 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 8 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 6 records
- Dahlak Archipelago, Eritrea - 4 records
- Eilat, Israel - 1 records
- Koh Rong Archipelago, Cambodia - 2 records
- Koh Tang & Offshore, Cambodia - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 23 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 1 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 8 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 1 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 14 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 14 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 4 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 2 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 6 records
- Anilao, Philippines - 59 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 7 records
- Bohol, Philippines - 86 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 63 records
- Malapascua, Philippines - 13 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 60 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 75 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 4 records
- Gulf of Thailand, Thailand - 5 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 24 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 7 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 247 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 302 records
- Nha Trang, Vietnam - 4 records