WoRMS taxon details
Symphodus melops (Linnaeus, 1758)
273571 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273571)
accepted
Species
Crenilabrus gibbus (Gmelin, 1789) · unaccepted
Crenilabrus melops (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (synonym)
Labrus cornubius Gmelin, 1789 · unaccepted
Labrus gibbosus Bonnaterre, 1788 · unaccepted
Labrus gibbus Gmelin, 1789 · unaccepted
Labrus goldsinny Bonnaterre, 1788 · unaccepted
Labrus melops Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted
Labrus rone Ascanius, 1772 · unaccepted
Labrus tesselatus Bloch, 1792 · unaccepted
Labrus venosus Gmelin, 1789 · unaccepted
Lutjanus melops (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted
Lutjanus norvegicus Bloch, 1791 · unaccepted
Lutjanus norwegicus Bloch, 1791 · unaccepted (synonym)
Symphodus (Crenilabrus) melops (Linnaeus, 1758) · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Labrus melops 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
page(s): 286 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 286 [details] Available for editors
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Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Symphodus melops (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273571 on 2026-09-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Labrus rone Ascanius, 1772) Ascanius, P. (1767-1805). Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enluminées d'histoire naturelle du Nord. <em>Copenhagen.</em> 5 parts, 36 pp., 50 pls. Pt. 1 (1867), 22 pp., Pls. 1-10; 2 (1772), 8 pp., Pls. 11-20; 3 (1775), 6 pp., Pls. 21-30; 4 (1777), 6 pp., Pls. 31-40; 5 (1805), 8 pp., Pls. 41-50.
page(s): 6, Pl. 14 [details]
original description (of Lutjanus norvegicus Bloch, 1791) Bloch, M. E. (1791). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 5. i-viii + 1-152, Pls. 253-288.
page(s): 11, Pl. 256 [details]
original description (of Lutjanus norwegicus Bloch, 1791) Bloch, M. E. (1791). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 5. i-viii + 1-152, Pls. 253-288.
page(s): 11, Pl. 256 [details]
original description (of Labrus tesselatus Bloch, 1792) Bloch, M. E. (1792). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 6. i-xii + 1-126, Pls. 289-323., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41368209
page(s): 8, Pl. 291 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Labrus gibbosus 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): 112, Pl. 99 (fig. 403) [details]
original description (of Labrus goldsinny 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): 112, Pl. 99 (fig. 404) [details]
original description (of Labrus cornubius 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): 1297 [details]
original description (of Labrus venosus 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): 1296 [details]
original description (of Labrus gibbus 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 Labrus melops 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
page(s): 286 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 6, Pl. 14 [details]
original description (of Lutjanus norvegicus Bloch, 1791) Bloch, M. E. (1791). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 5. i-viii + 1-152, Pls. 253-288.
page(s): 11, Pl. 256 [details]
original description (of Lutjanus norwegicus Bloch, 1791) Bloch, M. E. (1791). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 5. i-viii + 1-152, Pls. 253-288.
page(s): 11, Pl. 256 [details]
original description (of Labrus tesselatus Bloch, 1792) Bloch, M. E. (1792). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 6. i-xii + 1-126, Pls. 289-323., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41368209
page(s): 8, Pl. 291 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Labrus gibbosus 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): 112, Pl. 99 (fig. 403) [details]
original description (of Labrus goldsinny 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): 112, Pl. 99 (fig. 404) [details]
original description (of Labrus cornubius 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): 1297 [details]
original description (of Labrus venosus 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): 1296 [details]
original description (of Labrus gibbus 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 Labrus melops 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
page(s): 286 [details] Available for editors
[request]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 (Schelde)
Breine, J.; Stevens, M.; Simoens, I.; Van den Bergh, E. (2008). A reference list of fish species for a heavily modified estuary and its tributaries: the River Schelde. <em>Rapport van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, R.2008.4. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek: Groenendaal.</em> 26 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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 Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | savgylte | [details] |
| Dutch | zwartooglipvis | [details] |
| English | goldmaid [from synonym]corkwing wrasse [from synonym]corkwing [from synonym] | [details] |
| French | crénilabre mélopscrénilabre melops [from synonym]crénilabre commun [from synonym] | [details] |
| German | Goldmaid [from synonym] | [details] |
| Hebrew | שפתון | [details] |
| Modern Greek (1453-) | Μαυρολαπίνα [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | grønngylt | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | grøngylt | [details] |
| Swedish | skärsnultra | [details] |
| Turkish | circir | [details] |
| Welsh | gwrachen eurben [from synonym] | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Crenilabrus melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Crenilabrus melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Labrus venosus Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Labrus rone Ascanius, 1772)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus norvegicus Bloch, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Labrus cornubius Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Labrus goldsinny Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Crenilabrus gibbus (Gmelin, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (224 publications) (from synonym Crenilabrus melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Labrus gibbus Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Labrus tesselatus Bloch, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Labrus melops Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Labrus gibbosus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Symphodus melops)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus gibbosus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Crenilabrus melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus gibbus Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus goldsinny Bonnaterre, 1788)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus rone Ascanius, 1772)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus melops Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus venosus Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus tesselatus Bloch, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Crenilabrus gibbus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus norvegicus Bloch, 1791)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus norwegicus Bloch, 1791)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus cornubius Gmelin, 1789)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (60249 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Symphodus (Crenilabrus) melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Symphodus (Crenilabrus) melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Crenilabrus melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Crenilabrus melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications) (from synonym Labrus venosus Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Labrus rone Ascanius, 1772)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus norvegicus Bloch, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Labrus cornubius Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Lutjanus melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Labrus goldsinny Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Crenilabrus gibbus (Gmelin, 1789))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (224 publications) (from synonym Crenilabrus melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (30 publications) (from synonym Labrus gibbus Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Labrus tesselatus Bloch, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (45 publications) (from synonym Labrus melops Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Labrus gibbosus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Symphodus melops)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus gibbosus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Crenilabrus melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus gibbus Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus goldsinny Bonnaterre, 1788)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus rone Ascanius, 1772)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus melops Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus venosus Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus tesselatus Bloch, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishBase (from synonym Crenilabrus gibbus (Gmelin, 1789))
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus norvegicus Bloch, 1791)
To FishBase (from synonym Lutjanus norwegicus Bloch, 1791)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus cornubius Gmelin, 1789)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (60249 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Symphodus (Crenilabrus) melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Symphodus (Crenilabrus) melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Crenilabrus melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To ITIS
