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Etymology: Thalassoma: Greek, thalassa = the sea + Greek, soma = body; the colour of the sea (Ref. 45335).
More on authors: Quoy & Gaimard.

Issue
Related species: Thalassoma sanctahelenae (St. Helena I,), and Thalassoma newtoni (West Central Atlantic) (Ref. 50607).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 50 m (Ref. 86997). Tropical; 8°S - 10°S, 15°W - 14°W

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Central Atlantic: Ascension I. (Ref. 98447).

Reports from other areas are doubtful: St. Helena (in Ref. 5292; see Ref. 119515); São Tomé Island: intermediate form with Thalassoma pavo (Ref. 34088). Ghana and other localities on the west African coasts (Ref. 86997). If reports would be confirmed, they are more likely the result of human transportation (Ref. 98447).

Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 10.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 5292)

Max depth: at least 50m (Ref. 86997). Littoral, near rocks and seagrass (Ref. 5292). Juveniles have been observed cleaning many other fish species (Ref. 98447).

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Protogynous hermaphrodite, with distinct sexual dichromatism (Ref. 5292). Derived from family: Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Westneat, Mark | Collaboratori

Wirtz, P., J. Bingeman, J. Bingeman, R. Fricke, T.J. Hook and J. Young, 2017. The fishes of Ascension Island, central Atlantic Ocean: new records and an annotated checklist. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 97(4):783-798. (Ref. 98447)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 17 February 2009

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 23 - 27.7, mean 26.4 °C (based on 9 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00490 (0.00204 - 0.01176), b=3.11 (2.90 - 3.32), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.4 ±0.4 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Resilienza (Ref. 120179): Alto, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione meno di 15 mesi (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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