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ornate wrasse

Alternative names: Thalassoma pavo

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The ornate wrasse is native to the rocky coasts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. You can recognize the females by the greenish-brown color with a dark bar on each scale and five blue vertical stripes. Male ornate wrasses have red heads with blue markings.

Often seen in Nicoya Peninsula