Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Subclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Labroidei
Familia: Labridae
Genus: Labrus
Species: Labrus merula
Name
Labrus merula Linnaeus, 1758
Holotype: No types known.
Type locality: Europe.
Synonyms
* Labrus limbatus Valenciennes, 1839
* Labrus lineolatus Valenciennes, 1839
* Labrus livens Linnaeus, 1758
* Labrus nereus Risso, 1810
* Labrus psittacus Risso, 1827
* Labrus saxorum Valenciennes, 1839
* Labrus turdus Linnaeus, 1758
References
* Linnaeus, C. 1758: Systema Naturae, (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Holmiae. 1: i-ii + 1-824.
* Parenti, P. & J.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, 68: 1-97.
* FishBase link : species Labrus merula (Mirror site)
Vernacular names
English: Brown Wrasse
Türkçe: Çil balığı
Brown wrasse (Labrus merula) is a wrasse species, common in the Eastern Atlantic: from Portugal to Morocco and Azores, also in the Mediterranean Sea. Up to 45 cm length. Reef associated fish species.
Links
Labrus merula at FishBase
