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Updated 8/8/2019

Family Labridae

INDO-PACIFIC

Thalassoma lunare

Male, Palau
Female, Palau
Male, Savusavu Bay, Fiji	Female, Savusavu Bay, Fiji
Male, Wakatobi, Indonesia, 10 feet

MOON WRASSE    

Common on reef tops in shallow water.  Green with purple lines and blue fin margins, caudal fin with yellow center, absent in juveniles.  Attains 10 inches.  Red Sea to Okinawa, Line Islands, and Tonga, excluding Hawai'i.