Species of fish
Ornate wrasse
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female
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male
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Chordata
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Class:
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Actinopterygii
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Order:
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Labriformes
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Family:
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Labridae
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Genus:
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Thalassoma
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Species:
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T. pavo
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Binomial name
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Thalassoma pavo
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Synonyms[2]
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- 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
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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.