#2237 · 🐟 fish

Axillary Wrasse

🇳🇱 Witlippige lipvis ·Symphodus mediterraneus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © whodden · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Albertini maridom · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © David Renoult · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © David Renoult · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Las Palmas, ES-CN, ES:© Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
8. Ionian Islands, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, Greece:© Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Horta, PT-AC, PT:© Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Ilhu Negro, Faial, Azores, Portugal:© jeyre · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The axillary wrasse ( Symphodus mediterraneus ) is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Azores and Madeira to the coasts of Portugal to Morocco and then along the coastal waters of the Mediterranean Sea. 0 ft). 7 in). This species is important to local...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,473iNaturalist 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.
1,473 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).