> [!summary]- Classification **Kingdom**:: Animals **Phylum**:: Chordata **Subphylum**:: Vertebrata **Superclass**:: Osteichthyes **Class**:: Actinopterygii **Subclass**:: **Superorder**:: **Order**:: Labriformes **Suborder**:: **Superfamily**:: **Family**:: Labridae **Subfamily**:: **Genus**:: Thalassoma **Species**:: T. rueppelli **Vernacular**:: Klunzinger's Wrasse ## Photos ![https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1670157919/obsidian/Egypte%20Nov%202022/Vertebrae/Osteichthyes/Klunzingers_wrasse_kxniwq.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/dt3d6t2ay/image/upload/v1670157919/obsidian/Egypte%20Nov%202022/Vertebrae/Osteichthyes/Klunzingers_wrasse_kxniwq.jpg) [97 - 2022-11-28 - Gordon's Reef - Sharm Al Sheikh - Egypt](97%20-%202022-11-28%20-%20Gordon's%20Reef%20-%20Sharm%20Al%20Sheikh%20-%20Egypt.md) ## Notes Name after the zoologist [Carl Benjamin Klunzinger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Benjamin_Klunzinger). Endemic from the Red Sea ## References - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klunzinger%27s_wrasse - https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Thalassoma-rueppellii-Girelle-paon-de-mer-Rouge-5249 (fr)