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- EnglishName: Barred thicklip wrasse
- Local Name : Galhi kendi thunbodu hikaa
- Size : Max. 45 cm
- Family: LABRIDAE
- Order : Perciformes
- Distinctive Characters: Dorsal fin with 9 spines and 11 rays. Anal fin with 3 spines and 11 rays. Total gill rakers 22-24. Body depth 2.4-2.6 in standard length. Lips very thick and fleshy, the lower deeply incised in median line. Caudal fin slightly rounded.
- Colour: Dark, almost black, sides with several white bars on body. Face brightly patterened with red and green. Juveniles have more and thinner white bars than adults.
- Habitat and Biology: Found more in protected reefs than exposed reefs at depths up to 20 m. Feeds primarily on small crustaceans, molluscs and echinoderms.
- Distribution: Indo-Pacific.
- Remarks: Hamigymnus fasciatus feeds by taking mouthfuls of sand, sorting the material for a few moments to extract animal material, and ejecting indigestible sediments from its mouth or gill opening.