Thalassoma pavo (Linneaus, 1758)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 290

Thalassoma pavo (Linneaus, 1758)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 25 cm SL

Water type: marine

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 1-150 m

Migration: unknown

IUCN status: LC – Least concern (2010)

Source: bibliography, observation

Distribution and remarks: East Atlantic: known from Portugal to south of Cape Lopez, Gabon and including the islands of Azores, Madeira, Canary, São Tome and Annóbon. Also in the Mediterranean. Records for Gabon: UF 172369- 1965, MNHN 1967-0867. Known underwater pictures nearby Mayumba (De Bruyne, pers. com.; Parnell, pers. com.).