WoRMS taxon details
Symphodus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)
273569 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273569)
accepted
Species
Crenilabrus boryanus Risso, 1827 · unaccepted
Crenilabrus brunnichii (Lacepède, 1802) · unaccepted
Crenilabrus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Crenilabrus nigrescens Risso, 1827 · unaccepted
Crenilabrus pictus Lowe, 1838 · unaccepted
Labrus coeruleovittatus Bonnaterre, 1788 · unaccepted
Labrus pittima Rafinesque, 1810 · unaccepted
Labrus serpentinus Bonnaterre, 1788 · unaccepted
Labrus unimaculatus Gmelin, 1789 · unaccepted
Lutjanus brunnichii Lacepède, 1802 · unaccepted
Lutjanus massiliensis Lacepède, 1802 · unaccepted
Lutjanus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Perca mediterranea Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Symphodus (Crenilabrus) mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Perca mediterranea Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Symphodus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273569 on 2026-08-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Labrus coeruleovittatus Bonnaterre, 1788) Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1
page(s): 117 [details]
original description (of Labrus pittima Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 36 [details]
original description (of Labrus unimaculatus Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae,.</em> 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.125970
page(s): 1295 [details]
original description (of Perca mediterranea Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Labrus serpentinus Bonnaterre, 1788) Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1
page(s): 117 [details]
original description (of Crenilabrus pictus Lowe, 1838) Lowe, R. T. (1838). A synopsis of the fishes of Madeira; with the principal synonyms, Portuguese names, and characters of the new genera and species. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> v. 2 (pt 3, art. 14): 173-200. [details]
original description (of Lutjanus brunnichii Lacepède, 1802) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 184, 222 [details]
original description (of Lutjanus massiliensis Lacepède, 1802) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 184, 222 [details]
page(s): 117 [details]
original description (of Labrus pittima Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 36 [details]
original description (of Labrus unimaculatus Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae,.</em> 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.125970
page(s): 1295 [details]
original description (of Perca mediterranea Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Labrus serpentinus Bonnaterre, 1788) Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1
page(s): 117 [details]
original description (of Crenilabrus pictus Lowe, 1838) Lowe, R. T. (1838). A synopsis of the fishes of Madeira; with the principal synonyms, Portuguese names, and characters of the new genera and species. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> v. 2 (pt 3, art. 14): 173-200. [details]
original description (of Lutjanus brunnichii Lacepède, 1802) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 184, 222 [details]
original description (of Lutjanus massiliensis Lacepède, 1802) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1802). Histoire naturelle des poissons: IV. <em>chez Plassan: Paris, France.</em> v. 4: i-xliv + 1-728, Pl. 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705733
page(s): 184, 222 [details]
Ecology
ecology source
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). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Other
context source (WoRCS)
Kovačić, M.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Patzner, R. A. (2024). Fishes in Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 9(6): 243., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/9/6/243 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Digenis, M.; Ragkousis, M.; Dimitriadis, C.; Katsanevakis, S.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2025). Assessing the Motile Fauna of Eastern Mediterranean Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 10(8): 383., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080383 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Digenis, M.; Ragkousis, M.; Dimitriadis, C.; Katsanevakis, S.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2025). Assessing the Motile Fauna of Eastern Mediterranean Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 10(8): 383., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes10080383 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | peshku i gjelbërbuzoçi mesdhetar | [details] |
| Hebrew | שפתון | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Κοκκινολαπίνα [from synonym] | [details] |
| Turkish | circir | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Labrus coeruleovittatus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Crenilabrus brunnichii (Lacepède, 1802))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Crenilabrus pictus Lowe, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Crenilabrus nigrescens Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Perca mediterranea Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Crenilabrus boryanus Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Labrus unimaculatus Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus brunnichii Lacepède, 1802)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications) (from synonym Crenilabrus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Labrus serpentinus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus massiliensis Lacepède, 1802)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Symphodus mediterraneus)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus unimaculatus Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Perca mediterranea Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus pittima Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus serpentinus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus coeruleovittatus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus massiliensis Lacepède, 1802)
To FishBase (from synonym Crenilabrus pictus Lowe, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus brunnichii Lacepède, 1802)
To FishBase (from synonym Crenilabrus nigrescens Risso, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Crenilabrus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Crenilabrus brunnichii (Lacepède, 1802))
To FishBase (from synonym Crenilabrus boryanus Risso, 1827)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Perca mediterranea Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Symphodus (Crenilabrus) mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI (from synonym Symphodus (Crenilabrus) mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Labrus coeruleovittatus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Crenilabrus brunnichii (Lacepède, 1802))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Crenilabrus pictus Lowe, 1838)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Crenilabrus nigrescens Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Perca mediterranea Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Crenilabrus boryanus Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Labrus unimaculatus Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus brunnichii Lacepède, 1802)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (46 publications) (from synonym Crenilabrus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Labrus serpentinus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus massiliensis Lacepède, 1802)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Symphodus mediterraneus)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus unimaculatus Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Perca mediterranea Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus pittima Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus serpentinus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus coeruleovittatus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus massiliensis Lacepède, 1802)
To FishBase (from synonym Crenilabrus pictus Lowe, 1838)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus brunnichii Lacepède, 1802)
To FishBase (from synonym Crenilabrus nigrescens Risso, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Crenilabrus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Crenilabrus brunnichii (Lacepède, 1802))
To FishBase (from synonym Crenilabrus boryanus Risso, 1827)
To Fishipedia
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 12 proteins)
To GenBank (16 nucleotides; 12 proteins) (from synonym Perca mediterranea Linnaeus, 1758)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Symphodus (Crenilabrus) mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI (from synonym Symphodus (Crenilabrus) mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Image from synonym
