Hemigymnus sexfasciatus

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Foto: Hurghada, Riff Makadi Beach, Ägypten 2016

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lexID:: 10524
AphiaID:: 713591

Scientific:: Hemigymnus sexfasciatus
German:: Streifen-Bannerlippfisch
English:: Banded Thicklip, Barred Thicklip, Barred Thicklip Wrasse, Barred Wrasse, Five-banded Wrasse, Red Sea Thicklip Wrasse

Category:: Labridi
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Hemigymnus (Genus) > sexfasciatus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Bloch, ), 1792

Occurrence:: Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Jarvis Island, Tansania, the Cocos Islands / Keeling Islands, Vietnam, Niue, Cebu ((Philippines), Sudan, Kingman Reef, Mayotte, Nauru, Bakers Island, Comores, Wallis and Futuna, Mozambique, Northern Mariana Islands, Howland Island, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Yemen, Midway Islands, The Chagos Archipelago (the Chagos Islands), Palmyra Atoll, Gulf of Oman / Oman, Tokelau, Réunion , Myanmar, Austral Islands, Africa occidentale, Atollo di Johnston, Australia, Barriera corallina, Christmas Islands, Cina, Egitto, Filippine, Golfo di Aden, Isole Marshall, Isole Salomon, Kenia, Madagascar, Maldive, Malesia, Mar rosso, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nuova Caledonia, Oceano Indiano occidentale, Palau, Papua Nuova Guinea, Picairns, Queensland, Samoa, Samoa americane, Sri Lanka, Sudafrica, Tailandia, Taiwan, Tonga
Sea depth:: 1 - 35 Meter
Size:: 36 cm - 40 cm
Temperature:: 25,2°C - 29,3°C
Food:: Zoobenthos, Cozze e vongloe, Crostacei, invertebrati, Lumache, Stelle marine, zooplancton
Tank:: ~ 3000 Liter
Difficulty:: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully
Offspring:: Not available as offspring

Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown
CITES:: Not evaluated
Red List:: Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-03-10 19:42:06
Last edit:: 2017-04-16 22:57:59

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(Bloch, 1792)

Correct name concerning Fishbase: Halichoeres sexfasciatus (Rüppell, 1835)
Correct name concerningt WoRMS, EoL, IUCN Red List: Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch, 1792)

Very special thanks for the first photo of the beautyful wrasse to Günter Indra from Swiss.
Günther ha taken is photo at Makadi Beach südl. Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt

Synonyms:
Halichoeres fasciatus (Bloch, 1792)
Halichoeres sexfasciatus Rüppell, 1835
Hemigymnus sexfasciatus (Rüppell, 1835)
Hemigymuns fasciatus (Bloch, 1792)
Labrus fasciatus Bloch, 1792

Classification: : Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labroidei (Suborder) > Labridae (Family) > Hemigymnus (Genus) > Hemigymnus fasciatus (Species)

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