Blue wrasse

Juveniles are blue on the lower half of the body.

Picture of the Blue wrasse has been licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution.
Original source: Flickr
Author: Leonard Low from Australia

The Blue wrasse lives in the reef-associated, marine, depth range 1 - 20 m , usually 1 - 20 m environment.

New Blue Wrasse french releases lined up for January and February, including Goran Bregovic, Zazie and Vanessa Paradis. The new Wrasse Records imprint, Blue Wrasse, has lined up a flurry of three exciting releases for January and February. More

Blue wrasse nestled in clear coral with a snail and starfish at its side. Hand sculpted flameworked glass, by David S. Walker at Zen Glass Studio. Measures 6.5"tall x 6"wide x 4"deep. Stands on a paperweight style base. More

I have a blue wrasse, he is about 2 years old in a well established 55 with a couple of other fish, with never any kind of fighting.The tanks, been running 21 years with great levels across the board. More

Common names

Alle in Marshall
Alle in Marshallese (Kajin M̧ajeļ)
Angol in Bikol
Arinaimawa in Gilbertese
Arinaimawa in Kiribati
Bagondon in Tagalog
Bagondon in Visayan
Bagundun in Ilokano
Balaki in Ilokano
Bankilan in Tagalog
Banog in Other
Bayan in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Bechok in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Blue wrasse in English
Bugay-bugay in Visayan
Bungat in Tagalog
Chulam in Malayalam (മലയാളം)
Crescent wrasse in English
Crescent-tail wrasse in Afrikaans
Danlugan in Other
Doncella verde in Spanish (español)
drividrivi in Fijian (vosa Vakaviti)
Gashileo in Austronesian (Other)
Gashileo in Carolinian
Girelle paon in French (français)
Girelle verte in French (français)
Hipus in Bikol
Isdang bato in Tagalog
Kakatoi lezard in French (français)
Kaumavi in Gela
Keling kalong in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Kwangu in Swahili (Kiswahili)
Labayan in Bikol
Labayan in Cebuano
Labayan in Ilokano
Labayan in Tagalog
Labayan in Visayan
Labayan in Waray-waray
Labayan girong in Cebuano
Lampalampa in Other
Lubay in Surigaonon
Lubay-lubay in Other
Lubayan in Waray-waray
Lulukdayan in Tagbanwa Calamian
Lyretail wrasse in English
Maanstert-lipvis in Afrikaans
Mameng in Tagalog
Mamin in Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug
Mandela in Javanese (basa Jawa)
Månegylte in Danish (dansk)
Mångylta in Swedish (Svenska)
Maringyan in Bikol
Molmol in Other
moon wrasse in English
Mul-mul in Hiligaynon
Mur-mur in Hiligaynon
Nabbat al Qamari in Arabic (‫العربية)
Nagudiguhikkae in Mahl
Nihola in Malayalam (മലയാളം)
Nila-nila in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Otomebera in Japanese (日本語)
parrotfish in English
Peixe-verde lunar in Portuguese (Português)
Pilo-pilo in Other
Pirat-pirat in Other
Rainbow fish in English
Sipit-sipit in Chavacano
Sipit-sipit in Maranao/Samal/Tao Sug
Sipit-sipit in Tagalog
Takluy takluy in Tagbanwa Calamian
Talasoma lunarka in Polish (polski)
Talassoma in Russian (русский язык)
Tamago in Visayan
Tausay in Other
Te arinaimawa in Gilbertese
Te arinaimawa in Kiribati
Te moto in Gilbertese
Te moto in Kiribati
Thalassoma lunare in Catalan (Català)
Thalassoma lunare in Italian (Italiano)
Verde verde in Ilokano
Wanin in Misima-Paneati
Wrasse in English
ചുളം  in Malayalam (മലയാളം)
ചൂളം in Malayalam (മലയാളം)
നിഹൊള   in Malayalam (മലയാളം)
നിഹോള in Malayalam (മലയാളം)
新月錦魚 in Mandarin Chinese
新月锦鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
녹색물결놀래기 in Korean (한국어)

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Order : Perciformes
Family : Labridae
Genus : Thalassoma
Species : Thalassoma lunare
Authority : Linnaeus, 1758