Saltwater
Barred thicklip
Hemigymnus fasciatus
Labridae, Corinae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 30 cm
- Body shape
- Streamlined
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 648 liters
- Diet
- Missing
Know what is missing? Suggest it in the app.
Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
Native
Lives wild in American Samoa, Australia, China, Christmas Island, Cook Islands, France, French Polynesia, Guam, and 32 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Found mostly on coral reefs and reef flats to at least 20 m depth. Juveniles secretive on inshore reefs. Large adults swim openly on reefs, singly or in small loose aggregations. Adults feed mainly by taking mouthfuls of sand and gravel, releasing sand from the gill opening after sorting the small animal prey and ejecting the inorganic fragments from the mouth. Gut contents may contain shrimps and 25% the crushed remains of the echinoids Echinometra and Diadema, these were large prey; remaining food material consisted of very small gastopods, bivalves, crabs, ophiuroids, foraminiferans, and unidentified eggs. Feed mainly on small crustaceans, mollusks and echinoderms. Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 128797.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Halichoeres fasciatus
- Halichoeres sexfasciatus
- Hemigymnus fuliginosus
- Hemigymnus sexfasciatus
- Hemigymuns fasciatus
- Labrus fasciatus
In other languages
- Banded thicklip, Barred thicklip wrasse, Barred wrasse, Five-banded wrasse, Fiveband wrasse, Wrasse
Articles
All articles
How to add new fish4 min read
From the store to the tank: how to get the fish used to your water, why you should add only a few at a time, and what to watch for in the first few days.
Quarantine for new fish3 min read
Why new fish should live in a tank of their own for a few weeks before they move in, what you need, and what to look for.
From freshwater to saltwater3 min read
What is different in a saltwater aquarium: salt, refractometer, live rock and corals. An introduction for anyone thinking of giving it a try.