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Labrus merula Linnaeus, 1758 
AphiaID: 126967

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Labridae (Family) > Labrus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Labrus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonymised
taxa		  Labrus limbatus Valenciennes, 1839
 Labrus lineolatus Valenciennes, 1839
 Labrus livens Linnaeus, 1758
 Labrus nereus Risso, 1810
 Labrus psittacus Risso, 1827
 Labrus saxorum Valenciennes, 1839
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100 [details]

basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Albanian buzoçi i zi  [details]
Dutch bruine lipvis  [details]
English brown wrasse  [details]
French merle  [details]
Italian tordo nero  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Μαυροχειλού  [details]
Spanish merlo  [details]
Turkish lapin  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Host of  Colobomatus doderleini (Richiardi, 1883) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus centrodonti Baird, 1850 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Hatschekia labracis (van Beneden, 1871) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Hatschekia pygmaea Scott T. & A., 1912 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (95 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Images 
Labrus merula
Labrus merula
added on 2006-05-07 - author: Gaynor Kenna
qualitystatus: not checked

Labrus merula
Labrus merula
added on 2012-10-30 - author: Pillon, Roberto ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126967
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Labrus merula Linnaeus, 1758. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126967 on 2013-05-25
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