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barred thicklip

Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch, 1792)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Hemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch, 1792)
Name authority
(Bloch, 1792)
Common name
barred thicklip
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Family
Labridae
Genus
Hemigymnus
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. gigaclassActinopterygii
  8. superclassActinopteri
  9. classTeleostei
  10. familyLabridae Cuvier, 1816
  11. subfamilyJulidinae Bonaparte, 1841
  12. genusHemigymnus Günther, 1861
  13. speciesHemigymnus fasciatus (Bloch, 1792)

Close classified relatives

No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.

Browse 527 records assigned to Labridae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Halichoeres fasciatus (Bloch, 1792) (Bloch, 1792)synonym
Labrus fuliginosus Lacepède, 1801 Lacepède, 1801synonym
Labrus malapteronotus Lacepède, 1801 Lacepède, 1801synonym
Sparus zonephorus Lacepède, 1802 Lacepède, 1802synonym
Tautoga leucomos Bleeker, 1858 Bleeker, 1858synonym
Hemigymnus fuliginosus (Lacepède, 1801) (Lacepède, 1801)synonym
Labrus fasciatus Bloch, 1792 Bloch, 1792ambiguous synonym
Thalassoma bilateralis von Bonde, 1934 von Bonde, 1934synonym
Scarus quinque-fasciatus Bennett, 1830 Bennett, 1830synonym
Scarus quinquefasciatus Bennett, 1830 Bennett, 1830synonym
Sparus meaco Lacepède, 1802 Lacepède, 1802synonym
Hemigymuns fasciatus (Bloch, 1792) (Bloch, 1792)synonym
Tautoga mertensii Valenciennes, 1839 Valenciennes, 1839synonym
Sparus zonatus Shaw, 1803 Shaw, 1803synonym
Mullus fasciatus Thunberg, 1795 Thunberg, 1795ambiguous synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=218999 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:6LPC2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.