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Teleostei (teleosts) > Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses)
Etymology: Labrus: Name from Latin 'labrum' for lip, rim or edge; referring to the big lips of the fishes of the genus (from Ovid and Pliny according to Petrus Artedi).
More on author: Linnaeus.

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

Marine; reef-associated. Subtropical; 48°N - 29°N, 11°W - 43°E

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Eastern Atlantic: Portugal to Morocco, and the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

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Maturity: L_m ?, range 16 - ? cm
Max length : 47.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4742); common length : 37.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 4742)

Adults are found in littoral zone, near rocks and eel-grass beds (Ref. 3666). Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205). Males build dish shaped nests and guard the eggs (Ref. 205).

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Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205). Males build dish shaped nests and guard the eggs (Ref. 205).

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Bauchot, M.-L. and J.-P. Quignard, 1979. Labridae. p. 426-443. In J.C. Hureau and Th. Monod (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean (CLOFNAM). UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 3666)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Vulnerable (VU) (A4ad); Date assessed: 12 June 2008

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Fisheries: commercial

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 17.4 - 20.3, mean 18.9 °C (based on 389 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.01148 (0.00712 - 0.01853), b=2.98 (2.84 - 3.12), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.9 ±0.4 se; based on diet studies.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Moderate vulnerability (43 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Very high.

Nutrients (Ref. 124155): Calcium = 25.7 [13.2, 58.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.562 [0.305, 1.051] mg/100g; Protein = 19.5 [16.7, 21.8] %; Omega3 = 0.243 [0.139, 0.419] g/100g; Selenium = 18.8 [9.4, 36.0] μg/100g; VitaminA = 47.5 [14.5, 196.6] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.715 [0.463, 1.152] mg/100g (wet weight);

Labrus viridis Linnaeus, 1758