Yellow-brown wrasse

Thalassoma lutescens

Thirty Centimeters Wrasse of Indo Pacific

Yellow-brown wrasse is known around Indo-Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and the largest recorded length is 30 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Unnamed Order
Family: Labridae
Genus: Thalassoma
Maximum length: 30 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-Pacific: Sri Lanka to Ducie Island, north to southern Japan and the Hawaiian Islands, south to southeastern Australia, Lord Howe Island, the Kermadec Islands, and Rapa. Replaced by Thalassoma grammaticum in the tropical eastern Pacific (Ref. 37816 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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