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Symphodus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Perciformes
family
Labridae
genus
Symphodus
species
Symphodus mediterraneus

Name

Synonyms
Crenilabrus boryanus Risso, 1827
Crenilabrus brunnichii (Lacepède, 1802)
Crenilabrus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Crenilabrus nigrescens Risso, 1827
Crenilabrus pictus Lowe, 1838
Labrus bidens Nardo, 1824
Labrus coeruleovittatus Bonnaterre, 1788
Labrus erithrophthalmus Walbaum, 1792
Labrus fuscus Gmelin, 1789
Labrus fuscus Walbaum, 1792
Labrus mediterraneus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Labrus pittima Rafinesque, 1810
Labrus serpentinus Bonnaterre, 1788
Labrus unimaculatus Gmelin, 1789
Lutjanus bidens Bloch, 1790
Lutjanus brunnichii Lacepède, 1802
Lutjanus chlorosochrus Risso, 1810
Lutjanus massiliensis Lacepède, 1802
Lutjanus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Perca mediterranea Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Symphodus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Axillary wrasse in English
Axillary wrasse in English
Bodião-do-Mediterrâneo in Portuguese
Boxbox in Maltese
Buxih in Maltese
Crénilabre méditerranéen, Crenilabre rouquié in French
Crénilabre rouquié in French
Peshki gjelbert in Albanian
Tirda in Maltese
Tordo de roca in Spanish
Vagueta in Spanish
axillary wrasse in English
buzoçi mesdhetar in Albanian
circir in Turkish
peshku i gjelbër in Albanian
שפתון in Hebrew
Axillary Wrasse in English
Crénilabre in French
Crénilabre méditerranéen in French
Crénilabre rouquié in French
Ruchè in French
Tordo de roca in Spanish
Vagueta in Spanish
buzoçi mesdhetar in Albanian
circir in Turkish
peshku i gjelbër in Albanian
Κοκκινολαπίνα in Greek, Modern (1453-)
שפתון in Hebrew

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
  2. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  3. Parenti, Paola, and John E. Randall, 2000: An annotated checklist of the species of the Labroid fish families Labridae and Scaridae. Ichthyological Bulletin of the J. L. B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, no. 68. 97.
  4. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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