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title: "Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse"
description: "Thalassoma bifasciatum — Pesci. Thalassoma bifasciatum, the bluehead, bluehead wrasse or blue-headed wrasse, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/caribbean-bluehead-wrasse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse

> Thalassoma bifasciatum — Pesci. Thalassoma bifasciatum, the bluehead, bluehead wrasse or blue-headed wrasse, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae.

- Scientific name: *Thalassoma bifasciatum*
- Category: `fish` (Pesci)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 7443
- Wikidata: [Q1971551](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1971551)
- iNaturalist taxon: [49491](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/49491)

## Names

- en: Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse
- de: Blaukopf-Junker
- es: Cara de cotorra
- fr: Girelle à tête bleue

## Countries with the most observations

MX (982), US (700), BS (409), HN (405), PR (392), BZ (359), VI (275), KY (265), MQ (201), CW (193), CU (189), JM (168)

## Summary

Thalassoma bifasciatum, the bluehead, bluehead wrasse or blue-headed wrasse, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae. It is native to the coral reefs of the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean. Individuals are small (less than 110 mm standard length) and rarely live longer than two years.  They form large schools over the reef and are important cleaner fish in the reefs they inhabit.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalassoma_bifasciatum

## Photo

![Caribbean Bluehead Wrasse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/caribbean-bluehead-wrasse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daniel Estabrooks · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/26024570

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/caribbean-bluehead-wrasse?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).