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Ornate Wrasse

Thalassoma pavo

Also known as: Lunate-tailed Wrasse, Peacock Wrasse

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2010
LIFE STAGE
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Juvenile
@SailingBenH · GR, Greece · August 20141 / 2

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Overview

Juveniles are entirely green apart from a black spot midway along the back, just under the dorsal fin. They keep to small groups and work as cleaners, picking parasites off other fish.

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
black spotstripes
Behaviour
schoolingsolitary

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Habitat & where to find it

Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.

  • Range · Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean
  • Exact location · 2
RANGE
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Juvenile photos 2

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    ALL STAGES
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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderEupercaria incertae sedis
    5. familyLabridae
    6. genusThalassoma
    7. speciesThalassoma pavo (Linnaeus, 1758)

    SourcesWoRMSFishBase

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