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title: "Moon Wrasse"
description: "Thalassoma lunare — Ryby. The moon wrasse (Thalassoma lunare) also known as the crescent wrasse or lyretail wrasse, is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/moon-wrasse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Moon Wrasse

> Thalassoma lunare — Ryby. The moon wrasse (Thalassoma lunare) also known as the crescent wrasse or lyretail wrasse, is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.

- Scientific name: *Thalassoma lunare*
- Category: `fish` (Ryby)
- Habitats: `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 5736
- Wikidata: [Q947679](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q947679)
- iNaturalist taxon: [113980](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/113980)

## Names

- en: Moon Wrasse
- de: Mondsichel-Junker
- es: Señorita Luna
- fr: Girelle-paon vert-bleu

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1489), ID (589), TH (517), PH (318), MY (297), NC (250), MV (162), FJ (151), NF (80), JP (64), KE (63), TW (62)

## Summary

The moon wrasse (Thalassoma lunare) also known as the crescent wrasse or lyretail wrasse, is a species of wrasse native to the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean.  It is an inhabitant of coral reefs and surrounding areas at depths from 1 to 20 m (3.3 to 65.6 ft).  Moon wrasses are carnivorous and tend to prey on fish eggs and small sea-floor dwelling invertebrates. This species can reach  45 cm (18 in) in total length. It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries and can also be found in the aquarium trade.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Erwin Sieben · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/289719303

## Machine access

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