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Name : Thalassoma lunare

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Class : Actinopterygii
Order : Perciformes
Family : Labridae
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Description

This species is characterised with yellow lunate tail. Body dark green to blue with vertical red to purplish red. Head green to blue with irregular pink to violet bands.


Size

Maximum length: 37.5 cm (TL), common length: 25-30 cm (TL)


Diet

Feeds on benthic invertebrates and algal matter


Utilization

It is popular as an aquarium fish


Gears

Trawl, gillnet, hook and line, trap