Thalassoma bifasciatum (bluehead wrasse) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 19 (15966961067)
Description:
Description: Thalassoma bifasciatum Bloch, 1791 - bluehead wrasse (adult coloration/terminal phase). Yellowish corals = Porites astreoides (mustard hill corals) Branching coral near upper right = Porites porites furcata (branched finger coral) Lavender crusts near the bottom = calcareous red algae, possibly Porolithon (Rhodophyta) Greenish algae = Microdictyon marinum network algae (Chlorophyta) Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Actinopterygii, Perciformes, Labridae Locality: patch reef south of French Bay government dock, southwestern San Salvador Island, eastern Bahamas. Date: 15 March 2013, 13:32. Source: Thalassoma bifasciatum (bluehead wrasse) (San Salvador Island, Bahamas) 19. Author: James St. John.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Bilateria
- Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
- Chordata (Chordates)
- Vertebrata (vertebrates)
- Gnathostomata (jawed fish)
- Osteichthyes
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Neopterygii
- Teleostei
- Euteleostei
- Neoteleostei
- Acanthopterygii
- Labriformes
- Labridae (wrasses and parrotfishes)
- Thalassoma (Wrasses)
- Thalassoma bifasciatum (Bluehead Wrasse)
This image is not featured in any collections.
Source Information
- license
- cc-by-3.0
- copyright
- James St. John
- creator
- James St. John
- source
- Flickr user ID jsjgeology
- original
- original media file
- visit source
- partner site
- Wikimedia Commons
- ID
_(San_Salvador_Island,_Bahamas)_19_(15966961067).jpg){kind=link}
_(San_Salvador_Island,_Bahamas)_19_(15966961067).jpg){kind=link}