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title: "Blackeye Thicklip"
description: "Hemigymnus melapterus — Peixes. The blackeye thicklip wrasse or half-and-half wrasse (Hemigymnus melapterus) is a species of fish belonging to the wrasse family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/blackeye-thicklip
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blackeye Thicklip

> Hemigymnus melapterus — Peixes. The blackeye thicklip wrasse or half-and-half wrasse (Hemigymnus melapterus) is a species of fish belonging to the wrasse family.

- Scientific name: *Hemigymnus melapterus*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 3577
- Wikidata: [Q1043321](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1043321)
- iNaturalist taxon: [102580](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/102580)

## Names

- en: Blackeye Thicklip
- de: Zweifarben-Bannerlippfisch
- fr: Tamarin bicolore

## Countries with the most observations

AU (811), ID (492), NC (308), TH (291), PH (156), FJ (141), EG (118), MY (118), MV (111), JP (59), NF (41), SC (40)

## Summary

The blackeye thicklip wrasse or half-and-half wrasse (Hemigymnus melapterus) is a species of fish belonging to the wrasse family. It is native to the Indo-Pacific.

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

## Photo

![Blackeye Thicklip](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blackeye-thicklip/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chuck Wilson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193966333

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blackeye-thicklip?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).