Ornate wrasse

Ornate wrasse
female
male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Labriformes
Family: Labridae
Genus: Thalassoma
Species:
T. pavo
Binomial name
Thalassoma pavo
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[2]
  • Labrus pavo Linnaeus, 1758
  • Chlorichthys pavo (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Julis pavo (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Labrus syriacus Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801
  • Labrus leo Rafinesque, 1810
  • Julis squamimarginatus S. Bowdich, 1825
  • Julis turcica Risso, 1827
  • Julis blochii Valenciennes, 1839
  • Julis unimaculata R. T. Lowe, 1841
  • Thalassoma unimaculatum (R. T. Lowe, 1841)
  • Julis unimaculata lineolata R. T. Lowe, 1841
  • Julis unimaculata taeniata R. T. Lowe, 1841
  • Thalassoma pavo taeniata (R. T. Lowe, 1841)
  • Julis turcica torquata R. T. Lowe, 1843
  • Thalassoma pavo torquata (R. T. Lowe, 1843)
  • Julis turcica lemniscata R. T. Lowe, 1843
  • Thalassoma pavo lemniscata (R. T. Lowe, 1843)
  • Julis vulgaris Valenciennes, 1843

The ornate wrasse (Thalassoma pavo) is a species of wrasse native to the rocky coasts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. This species, commonly known as the circus fish, is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries, is also popular as a game fish, and can be found in the aquarium trade.

  1. ^ Pollard, D.; Afonso, P. (2010). "Thalassoma pavo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T187418A8530118. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T187418A8530118.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Thalossoma pavo". FishBase. August 2019 version.