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Hardwick's wrasse
Thalassoma hardwicke (Bennett, 1830)
AnimalsLabres, girelles, napoléons,...
Distribution map
Geographic areas (BioObs)
Reunion IslandMayotteNew CaledoniaPolynesia
Observation type
Scuba divingApnea / Snorkelling
Other common names
- Moon wrasseBritish English
- Six-banded wrasseBritish English
- Sixbar wrasseBritish English
- Sixbarred wrasseBritish English
- Labrido de seis bandasEuropean Spanish
- Girelle-paon à taches d'encreFrench (France)
- Garde police (Maurice)French (France)
- Girelle à six bandesFrench (France)
- Girelle taches d'encre (Maldives)French (France)
- Girelle-paon de HardwickeFrench (France)
- Tamarin (Seychelles)French (France)
- Lape-ele'ele (Samoa)Samoan (Samoa)
- Sugale-a'au (Samoa)Samoan (Samoa)
Other invalid scientific names
- Halichoeres iris
- Julis dorsalis
- Julis prostigma
- Julis schwanenfeldii
- Julis semifasciatus
- Julis urostigma
- Labrus pulcherrimus
- Sparus hardwicke
- Thalassoma hardwickei
- Thalassoma hardwicki
- Thalassoma hardwickii
- Thalassoma schwanenfeldi
- Thalassoma schwanenfeldii
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Sources
- BOURJON Philippe, SITTLER Alain-Pierre in : DORIS, 16/02/2014 : Thalassoma hardwicke (Bennett, 1830), https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/2487
How to cite this BioObs sheet?
BioObs, 18/09/2026 : Thalassoma hardwicke (Bennett, 1830), https://bioobs.fr/en/species-sheets/1927
Modification history
- Created by BioObs user on 18/09/2026
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