Hemigymnus fasciatus
Banded thicklip | Barred Thicklip | Barred Thicklip Wrasse | Fiveband Wrasse
Same Genus
Distribution
Tropical Indo-Pacific
Description
Thick lips, green head, dark brown side broken by four wedge shaped white bars, white bar on tail base, two pink/red stripes in front of eye, broad pink/red patch on lower cheek and back with orange spots. Juveniles yellow-brown with thin white bands.
Information
Max Size: 80 cm
Sea Temperature Range: 20.1-31.1°C
Depth: 1-25 m
Habitat Generalization Index: 21.27
Also referred to as the SGI (Species Generalisation Index), this describes the habitat niche breadth of the species. Species with values less than 15 are found in a relatively narrow range of reef habitat types (specialists), while those over 25 may be found on most hard substrates within their range (generalists). Learn more here.
Conservation and Rarity
IUCN Status: Least Concern
Occurrence: Common (40.9% of sites)
Occurrence describes how often the species is found on surveys within its distribution. It is calculated as the % of reef sites surveyed by RLS divers across all the ecoregions in which the species has been observed
Abundance: Few (2 per transect)
Abundance is calculated as the average number of individuals recorded per RLS transect, where present.
Edit by: Joe Shields