Thalassoma purpureum

Thalassoma purpureum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Labroidei
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Subclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Superordo: Acanthopterygii Ordo: Perciformes Subordo: Labroidei

Familia: Labridae
Genus: Thalassoma
Species: Thalassoma purpureum

Name

Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål, 1775)

Neotype: SMF 12. Neotype designation by Fricke, 1999:445

Type locality: Jidda, Saudi Arabia, Red Sea.

Synonyms

• Julis semicoeruleus Rüppell, 1835
• Julis umbrostygma Rüppell, 1835
• Scarus purpureus Forsskål, 1775
• Thalassoma semicoeruleus (Rüppell, 1835)
• Thalassoma umbrostigma (Rüppell, 1835)
• Thalassoma umbrostygma (Rüppell, 1835)

References

• Forsskål, P. 1775: Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Hauniae. Descriptiones animalium quae in itinere ad Maris Australis terras per annos 1772 1773 et 1774 suscepto. : 1-20 + i-xxxiv + 1-164, map.
• Allen, G.R., N.J. Cross, C.J. Allen & M.F. Gomon 2006: Labridae. Labrinae (pp. 1368-1418). In: Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. Fishes.
• FishBase link : species Thalassoma purpureum (Mirror site)

Vernacular names

English: Surge Wrasse