#2225 · 🐟 fish

Brown Wrasse

🇳🇱 Bruine lipvis ·Labrus merula

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © josepvilanova · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Bernat Garrigós · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Christophe Quintin · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © josepvilanova · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Illes Medes, Les Ferranelles:© Jean-Paul Cassez · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Ionian Islands, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, Greece:© Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Italy:© Valentina · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Girona, ES-CT, ES:© eduardmarques · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR:© mpech · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The brown wrasse ( Labrus merula ) is a species of wrasse native to the Eastern Atlantic from Portugal to Morocco, including the Azores, as well as in the Mediterranean Sea. This species can reach 45 cm (18 in) in standard length, though most do not exceed more than 40 cm (16 in).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,002iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,002 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).