Other identification tools | FishBase

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Labridae Wrasses
Subfamily: Corinae
Genus: Hemigymnus

(See list of species below)


Select Class:     Select Order:   
Select Family: Subfamily:     Select Genus:
Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
                                                          Specify a country:
Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional)

3 species (see list below)

1 of 1 Jump to:

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm TL
Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch, 1792)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Hemigymnus fasciatus
[Barred thicklip]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 37 cm SL
Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch, 1791)

Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Hemigymnus melapterus
[Blackeye thicklip]
No picture found
Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 36.5 cm TL
 
Hemigymnus sexfasciatus
[]
3 Species of Family Labridae with Genus Hemigymnus
(Wrasses)
Sort by: Species Length Year
1 of 1 Jump to:
Year Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
1792 Hemigymnus fasciatus Barred thicklip Indo-Pacific 30 TL
1791 Hemigymnus melapterus Blackeye thicklip Indo-Pacific 37 SL
1835 Hemigymnus sexfasciatus Western Indian Ocean 36.5 TL



Other identification tools in FishBase


Quick Identification
Identification keys
Identification by morphometrics
Identification by pictures:
          If you already know the Family, go to Search FishBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to Search FishBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search FishBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the ecosystem.
cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013