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Thalassoma purpureum
English: Surge Wrasse (1); Hawaiian: hou (1)
As recorded: Thalassoma purpureum (Forsskål, 1775)
Animalia › Chordata › Perciformes › Labridae
- Collected by
- R.H. Snider
- Date
- November 18, 1964
- Locality
- Efate Island; Pango Peninsula; British Bathing Beach
- Island
- Efate Island
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On November 18, 1964, R.H. Snider also collected 13 other specimens.
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Abudefduf sordidus
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Acanthurus triostegus
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Blenniella cyanostigma
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Choeroichthys sculptus
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Conger
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Enneapterygius minutus
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Entomacrodus striatus
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Istiblennius lineatus
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Ostorhinchus nigrofasciatus
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Plesiops corallicola
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Praealticus bilineatus
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Rhabdoblennius snowi
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Cite this specimen
Thalassoma purpureum. BPBM 5665. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 39124102. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/i/5665.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 39124102 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026