Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Labriformes
Familia: Labridae
Genus: Labrus
Species: L. bergylta - L. merula - L. mixtus - L. viridis
nomina dubia: L. cynaedus – L. ferrugineus – L. linearis – L. marginalis – L. ocellaris – L. scarus
Name
Labrus Linnaeus, 1758
Gender: masculine
Type species: Labrus mixtus Linnaeus, 1758
Fixation: subsequent designation by ICZN in opinion 1954
References
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 282. Open access Reference page.
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.
Vernacular names
English: Wrasses
Labrus is a genus of wrasses native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean into the Mediterranean and Black seas.[3]
Species
The four currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
Labrus bergylta Ascanius, 1767 (Ballan wrasse)
Labrus merula Linnaeus, 1758 (brown wrasse)
Labrus mixtus Linnaeus, 1758 (cuckoo wrasse)
Labrus viridis Linnaeus, 1758 (green wrasse)
Fossil record
Fossil of Labrus valenciennesii
Fossils of Labrus are found from the Eocene to the Quaternary (age range: from 55.8 to 0.781 million years ago.). They are known from various localities of France, Italy and the United Kingdom.[4]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Labrus.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Labrus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Labridae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Labrus in FishBase. August 2013 version.
Paleobiology Database
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