Barred thicklip
📖 Overview
Found mostly on coral reefs and reef flats to at least 20 m depth. Juveniles secretive on inshore reefs. Large adults swim openly on reefs, singly or in small loose aggregations . Adults feed mainly by taking mouthfuls of sand and gravel, releasing sand from the gill opening after sorting the small animal prey and ejecting the inorganic fragments from the mouth. Gut contents may contain shrimps and 25% the crushed remains of the echinoids Echinometra and Diadema, these were large prey; remaining food material consisted of very small gastopods, bivalves, crabs, ophiuroids, foraminiferans, and unidentified eggs . Feed mainly on small crustaceans, mollusks and echinoderms . Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 128797.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10 - 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 11. Lips thick with age . Several color phases with age and sex . Basic color pattern changes little with growth although the posteriormost white bands disappear on large individuals .: fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Barred thicklip is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Oviparous, with distinct pairing during breeding .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 0 - 25 m . Tropical; 30°N - 30°S, 33°E - 122°W
🌿 Ecology
small crustaceans, mollusks and echinoderms (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Banded thicklip · Barred thicklip · Barred thicklip wrasse · Five-banded wrasse · Fiveband Wrasse · barred wrasse · fivebanded wrasse |
| 🌍CES | kněžík pruhovaný |
| 🇩🇪German | Streifen-Bannerlippfisch |
| 🌍DIV | Hikaa |
| 🌍FIJ | ilava ki vuaka |
| 🇫🇷French | Chien noir · Labre à bandes noires · Labre à grosses lèvres · Mamselle Adèle · Tamarin · Tamarin à bandes · Tamarin à bandes noires |
| 🌍HEB | עב-שפה שחום |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Labride a cinque fasce · Labro a cinque fasce · Tordo a cinque fasce |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | Shima-tarekuchi-bera · Shimatarekuchibera · シマタレクチベラ |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Bodião-beiçudo-listrado · Tamarino anelado |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Полосатый толстогубый губан |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Doncella tamarín anillada · Tamarín anillado |
| 🌍TAH | po'ou |
| 🌍TGL | Bankilan · Bungat · Isdang bato |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 大口倍良 · 大口鸚鯛 · 大口鸚鯛（條紋半裸魚、橫帶厚唇魚） · 斑節龍 · 條紋半裸魚 · 横带厚唇鱼 · 橫帶厚唇魚 · 闊嘴郎 · 黑帶鸚鯛 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halichoeres fasciatus | Bloch | 1792 | Synonym |
| Hemigymnus fuliginosus | Lacepède | 1801 | Synonym |
| Hemigymuns fasciatus | Bloch | 1792 | Synonym |
| Labrus fasciatus | Bloch | 1792 | Synonym |
| Labrus fuliginosus | Lacepède | 1801 | Synonym |
| Labrus malapteronotus | Lacepède | 1801 | Synonym |
| Mullus fasciatus | Thunberg | 1795 | Synonym |
| Scarus quinque-fasciatus | Bennett | 1830 | Synonym |
| Sparus meaco | Lacepède | 1802 | Synonym |
| Sparus zonatus | Shaw | 1803 | Synonym |
| Sparus zonephorus | Lacepède | 1802 | Synonym |
| Tautoga leucomas | Bleeker | 1858 | Synonym |
| Tautoga leucomos | Bleeker | 1858 | Synonym |
| Tautoga mertensii | Valenciennes | 1839 | Synonym |
| Thalassoma bilateralis | von Bonde | 1934 | Synonym |
🦠 Common Diseases
The following diseases are known to affect Barred thicklip.
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 6 records indexed .
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