Animalia > Chordata > Perciformes > Labridae > Thalassoma > Thalassoma pavoThalassoma pavo (peacock wrasse; Parrotfish; Ornate wrasse; Wrasse)Synonyms: Chlorichthys pavo; Chloricthys pavo; Julis blochii; Julis pavo; Julis squami-marginatus; Julis squamimarginatus; Julis squamis-marginatus; Julis squamismarginatus; Julis turcica; Julis turcica lemniscata; Julis turcica torquata; Julis turcicia; Julis unimaculata; Julis unimaculata lineolata; Julis unimaculata taeniata; Julis vulgaris (heterotypic); Labrus donzella; Labrus imperialis; Labrus leo; Labrus pavo; Labrus syriacus; Thalassoma parvo; Thalassoma pavo lemniscata; Thalassoma pavo taeniata; Thalassoma pavo torquata; Thalassoma unimaculatum; Thallasoma pavo Language: Albanian; Arabic; Catalan; Creole, Portuguese; Croatian; Danish; French; German; Greek; Hebrew; Italian; Malay; Maltese; Mandarin Chinese; Portuguese; Serbian; Slovenian; Spanish; Swedish; Turkish The ornate wrasse, Thalassoma pavo, is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Portugal to Gabon and the oceanic islands and into the Mediterranean Sea. This species inhabits areas of rocks and eelgrass in coastal waters at depths from 1 to 150 m (3.3 to 492.1 ft), though rarely below 50 m (160 ft). It can reach 25 cm (9.8 in) in length, though most do not exceed 20 cm (7.9 in). This species is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries, is also popular as a game fish, and can be found in the aquarium trade. |
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Consumers of sea urchins, Paracentrotus lividus and Arbacia lixula, in shallow Mediterranean rocky reefs, Paolo Guidetti, Helgol Mar Res (2004) 58:110–116 ♦ 2FOOD HABITS, SCHOOLING AND PREDATORY BEHAVIOUR OF THE YELLOWMOUTH BARRACUDA, SPHYRAENA VIRIDENSIS (PERCIFORMES: SPHYRAENIDAE) IN THE AZORES, João Pedro BARREIROS, Ricardo Serrão SANTOS & Alfredo Emílio de BORBA, Cybium 2002, 26(2): 83-88. ♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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