St. Helena wrasse

Species of fish endemic to the waters around St. Helena

St. Helena wrasse

Conservation status

Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Labriformes
Family:  | Labridae
Genus:  | Thalassoma
Species:  |

T. sanctahelenae

Binomial name
Thalassoma sanctahelenae

(Valenciennes, 1839)

Synonyms

* Julis sanctaehelenae Valenciennes, 1839

The St. Helena wrasse (Thalassoma sanctahelenae) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae. This poorly known species is endemic to the waters around St. Helena.[2] It is a species associated with reef sand it is found in shallow coastal waters in the vicinity of rocks and rocky reefs.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b Pollard, D. & Choat, H. (2010). "Thalassoma sanctaehelenae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T187377A8518039. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187377A8518039.en. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Thalassoma sanctahelenae". FishBase. October 2013 version.

Taxon identifiers

Thalassoma sanctaehelenae|

* Wikidata: Q2112485
* Wikispecies: Thalassoma sanctaehelenae
* CoL: 7C5G9
* FishBase: 59651
* GBIF: 2384498
* iNaturalist: 113988
* IRMNG: 10152312
* ITIS: 614457
* IUCN: 187377
* NCBI: 239036
* OBIS: 273591
* Open Tree of Life: 467225
* WoRMS: 273591

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