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title: "Christmas Wrasse"
description: "Thalassoma trilobatum — Vissen. The Christmas wrasse (Thalassoma trilobatum), also known as the ladder wrasse, green-barred wrasse or green-blocked wrasse, is a species of ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae which is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/christmas-wrasse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Christmas Wrasse

> Thalassoma trilobatum — Vissen. The Christmas wrasse (Thalassoma trilobatum), also known as the ladder wrasse, green-barred wrasse or green-blocked wrasse, is a species of ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae which is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Thalassoma trilobatum*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 1933
- Wikidata: [Q2393536](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2393536)
- iNaturalist taxon: [113990](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/113990)

## Names

- en: Christmas Wrasse
- de: Weihnachts-Junker
- es: Señorita de Navidad
- fr: Girelle-paon clown

## Countries with the most observations

US (1456), TW (40), AU (34), NF (34), ZA (30), RE (27), NC (25), PF (17), JP (15), FJ (13), CK (8), ID (7)

## Summary

The Christmas wrasse (Thalassoma trilobatum), also known as the ladder wrasse, green-barred wrasse or green-blocked wrasse, is a species of ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae which is native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits shallow reefs at depths from the surface to 10 m (33 ft). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can be found in the aquarium trade.

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

## Photo

![Christmas Wrasse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/christmas-wrasse/medium.jpg)

Photo: kbkash · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/168726975

## Machine access

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