St. Helena wrasse

St. Helena wrasse
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Thalassoma
Species:
T. sanctahelenae
Binomial name
Thalassoma sanctahelenae
(Valenciennes, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Julis sanctaehelenae Valenciennes, 1839

The St. Helena wrasse (Thalassoma sanctahelenae) is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae. This poorly known species is endemic to the waters around St. Helena. It is a species associated with reef sand it is found in shallow coastal waters in the vicinity of rocks and rocky reefs.