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Thalassoma lunare
Thalassoma wrasses comprise several
cigar-shaped, fast swimming, robust and to a degree
aggressive fishes of good to okay to poor aquarium use. The
larger species when shipped of size and from far away (long
times in the bag) suffer especially. Most species stop
growing at about six inches, though a few about double that
in the wild. Like most wrasses they are good with only one
male to a tank, and need soft sand to dig and sleep in.
Thalassoma lunare (Linnaeus 1758), the Moon Wrasse (2),
sometimes comes in great, other times... all die. Red Sea
and Indian Ocean, to the Line Islands. Length to ten
inches..
Photo by Mike Iannibeli - text with permission from
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