Thalassoma bifasciatum Bluehead Wrasse, Blue head, Blue mah, Doctor fish, Parrotfish, Tikitiki

Thalassoma bifasciatumis commonly referred to as Bluehead Wrasse, Blue head, Blue mah, Doctor fish, Parrotfish, Tikitiki. Difficulty in the aquarium: Very easy. A aquarium size of at least 1000 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

François Libert, Frankreich

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lexID:: 173
AphiaID:: 159786

Scientific:: Thalassoma bifasciatum
German:: Blaukopf - Junker
English:: Bluehead Wrasse, Blue Head, Blue Mah, Doctor Fish, Parrotfish, Tikitiki

Category:: Wrasses

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Thalassoma (Genus) > bifasciatum (Species)
Initial determination:: (Bloch, ), 1791

Occurrence:: Guadeloupe, Barbados, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cuba, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Florida, Grenada, Gulf of Mexico, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Cayman Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, USA, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, U.S., West-Atlantic Ocean
Sea depth:: 1 - 40 Meter
Size:: 3.94" - 5.12" (10cm - 13cm)
Temperature:: 71.6 °F - 82.4 °F (22°C - 28°C)
Food:: Frozen Food (large sort), Shrimps
Tank:: 219.98 gal (~ 1000L)
Difficulty:: Very easy
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2004-08-26 14:29:44
Last edit:: 2019-01-24 16:48:55

Info

(Bloch, 1791)

Like most wrasses easy to keep. Nearly no problems with feeding. Needs lot of place for swimming.
May harm other fishes and shrimps.

Synonym:
Julis nitida Günther, 1862
Labrus bifasciatus Bloch, 1791
Thalassoma bisfaciatum (Bloch, 1791)
Thalassoma nitida (Günther, 1862)

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Thalassoma (Genus) > Thalassoma bifasciatum (Species)

Jumping guard
A jumping guard prevents (nocturnal) fish from jumping out.
Wrasses, blennies, hawkfishs and gobies jump out of an unprotected tank in fright if their night rest is disturbed, unfortunately these jumpers are found dried up in the morning on carpets, glass edges or later behind the tank.

https://www.korallenriff.de/en/article/1925_5_Jump_Protection_Solutions_for_Fish_in_the_Aquarium__5_Net_Covers.html

A small night light also helps, as it provides the fish with a means of orientation in the dark!

Scientific paper

Estrogenic Control of Behavioral Sex Change in the Bluehead Wrasse, Thalassoma bifasciatum, Marsh-Hunkin, K. E.; Heinz, H. M.; Hawkins, M. B.; Godwin, J. , 2013
Sex-Specific Planktonic Larval Durations in the Bluehead Wrasse, Thalassoma bifasciatum, Rogers, Lock; Smith, Kelly; Williams, Megan , 2013
A multi-locus assessment of connectivity and historical demography in the bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum), Haney, R A; Silliman, B R; Rand, D M, 2007
Aromatase immunoreactivity in the bluehead wrasse brain, Thalassoma bifasciatum: Immunolocalization and co-regionalization with arginine vasotocin and tyrosine hydroxylase, K. Erica Marsh; Lela M. Creutz; M. Beth Hawkins; John Godwin, 2006
Earlier Sex Change in Infected Individuals of the Protogynous Reef Fish Thalassoma bifasciatum, Lukas Schärer and Dita B. Vizoso, 2003
Earlier sex change in infected individuals of the protogynous reef fishThalassoma bifasciatum, Lukas Schärer; DitaB. Vizoso, 2003
Pelagic Larval Duration of the Caribbean Wrasse, Thalassoma bifasciatum, Jason Philibotte, 2002
Components of fertilization success in the bluehead wrasse, Thalassoma bifasciatum, Petersen, C. W., 2001
Yearly and inter-island variation in the recruitment dynamics of the bluehead wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum, Bloch), Colleen F. Masterson; Bret S. Danilowicz; Peter F. Sale, 1997
Large mating aggregations and daily long-distance spawning migrations in the bluehead wrasse,Thalassoma bifasciatum, Robert R. Warner, 1995
Design of an Intention Signal in the Bluehead Wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum), Dawkins, M. S.; Guilford, T. , 1994
Design of an Intention Signal in the Bluehead Wrasse (Thalassoma bifasciatum), Marian Stamp Dawkins and Tim Guilford, 1994
Sperm Economy in a Coral Reef Fish, Thalassoma Bifasciatum, Douglas Y. Shapiro, Andrea Marconato and Tomoko Yoshikawa, 1994
Colour and pattern in relation to sexual and aggressive behaviour in the bluehead wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum, M.S. Dawkins; T. Guilford, 1993
Sexual Selection and Male Characteristics in the Bluehead Wrasse, Thalassoma bifasciatum: Mating Site Acquisition, Mating Site Defense, and Female Choice, Robert R. Warner and Eric T. Schultz, 1992
Social Control of Sex Change in the Bluehead Wrasse, Thalassoma bifasciatum (Pisces: Labridae), Robert R. Warner and Stephen E. Swearer, 1991
Phenotypic plasticity in life-history traits of femaleThalassoma bifasciatum(Pisces: Labridae): 2. Correlation of fecundity and growth rate in comparative studies, Eric T. Schultz; Robert R. Warner, 1991
Phenotypic Plasticity in Life-History Traits of Female Thalassoma bifasciatum (Pisces: Labridae). 1. Manipulations of Social Structure in Tests for Adaptive Shifts of Life-History Allocations, Eric T. Schultz and Robert R. Warner, 1989
Cleaning behavior ofBodianus rufus, Thalassoma bifasciatum, Gobiosoma evelynae, andPericlimenes pedersonialong a depth gradient at Salt River Submarine Canyon, St. Croix, William S. Johnson; Peter Ruben, 1988
Female choice of sites versus mates in a coral reef fish, Thalassoma bifasciatum, Robert R. Warner, 1987
Daily otolith increments and recruitment in two coral-reef wrasses,Thalassoma bifasciatumandHalichoeres bivittatus, B. C. Victor, 1982
The feeding strategies of a facultative cleanerfish, Thalassoma bifasciatum (Pisces: Labridae), Murray Itzkowitz, 1979
Association of Thalassoma bifasciatum with Condylactis gigantea in the Bahamas, Robert P. Gendron and Kathleen Mayzel, 1976
Cleaning Preferences of the Gobies Gobiosoma evelynae and G. prochilos and the Juvenile Wrasse Thalassoma bifasciatum, George H. Darcy, Elizabeth Maisel and John C. Ogden, 1974

External links

Female Mimicry by Sneaker Males Has a Transcriptomic Signature in Both the Brain and the Gonad in a Sex-Changing Fish (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 13.05.2021.

Pictures

Adult

Juvenile

Male

Copyright zsispeo, Foto: Terminalphase, Akumal, Mexiko

Copyright Wolfram Sander, Maria La Gorda,Cuba

Copyright Wolfram Sander, Playa Larga,Kuba

© Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland

Female

Initial phase

Terminal phase

Copyright Kevin Bryant, Foto: Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system

Commonly

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tobse13
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am 01.11.19#1

Tolles Tier, habe leider nur ein männliches Tier, noch...hatte ihn zuerst in meinem 200 l Ablegerbecken, dort war er zusammen mit Zwergkaiser, Kardinalbarschen und Blenni sehr scheu. Nach 3 Monaten hab ich ihn in das 2000 l Riffbecken mit diversem Besatz überführt. Sofort aktiv, nicht mehr scheu und ein sehr schönes aktives Tier. Frisst gut, Ein richtiger Lippfisch der leider selten im Handel ist. Meine Beobachtung hinsichtlich der Scheu hat sich bei vielen Fischen gezeigt, die ich zunächst in einem kleineren Becken gehalten habe, und dann in das große stark besetzte verbracht habe. Eine gute Fischgemeinschaft scheint es Neuankömmlingen leichter zu machen, sofern sie geduldet werden.

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