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Thalassoma purpureum  (Forsskĺl, 1775)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 170580

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Thalassoma umbrostygma (Rüppell, 1835)
 
    Thalassoma semicoeruleum (Rüppell, 1835)
 
    Scarus purpureus Forsskĺl, 1775
 
    Julis quadricolor Lesson, 1828
 
    Scarus georgii Bennett, 1830
 
    Scarus georgiiquarti Bennett, 1841
 
    Julis semicoeruleus Rüppell, 1835
 
    Julis umbrostygma Rüppell, 1835
 
    Julis aeruginosus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1839
 
    Julis cyanogaster Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1839
 
    Julis erythrogaster Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1839
 
    Thalassoma immanis Fowler, 1900
 
    Thalassoma berendti Seale, 1901
 
    Julis punctatus Seale, 1901
 
    Scarus purpuratus Shaw, 1803
 
    Thalassoma umbrostigma (Rüppell, 1835)
 
  Common Name(s): rainbow wrasse [English]
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons ŕ nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderAcanthopterygii   
                            OrderPerciformes  – perch-like fishes  
                               SuborderLabroidei  – parrotfishes, rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, poissons-perroquets  
                                  FamilyLabridae Cuvier, 1816 – rainbowfishes, wrasses, labres, labridés, doncellas y seńoritas  
                                     GenusThalassoma Swainson, 1839  
                                        SpeciesThalassoma purpureum (Forsskĺl, 1775) – rainbow wrasse  
       

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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Thalassoma purpureum   
       
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 21-May-2001, website (version Feb-2000)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Thalassoma purpureum   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Thalassoma purpureum   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Parenti, Paola, and John E. Randall  
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title: An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, no. 68   
  Page(s): 97   
  Publisher: J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology   
  Publication Place: Rhodes Univ., Grahamstown, South Africa   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0073-4381   
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  Reference for: Thalassoma purpureum   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
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  Reference for: rainbow wrasse[English]   
       

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