#2172 · 🐟 fish

Ornate Wrasse

🇳🇱 Pauwlipvis ·Thalassoma pavo

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

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. 1 ft), though rarely below 50 m (160 ft). 9 in). This species is of minor importance to local...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,953iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
10,953 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).