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Updated 9/13/2022

Family Labridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Thalassoma quinquevittatum



Nuptial male, Palau, 8 feet

Nuptial male, Palea Point, Oahu, 15 feet


Male, Kahuwai Bay, Hawai'i, 15 feet


Female, Vanua Levu, Fiji, 15 feet


Female, Palau, 10 feet

Female, American Samoa, 15 feet


Juvenile, Kikaua, Hawai'i, 4 feet

Kahe Point, Oahu, 12 feet
   

FIVESTRIPE WRASSE

Occasional in the surge zone, very rare in Hawai'i.  Males have yellow flank during courtship.  Attains 5 inches.  East Africa to Okinawa, Hawai'i, and French Polynesia.  May hybridize with Saddle Wrasses in Hawaii.