#2247 · 🐟 fish

Ocellated Wrasse

🇳🇱 Kieuwvleklipvis ·Symphodus ocellatus

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © frahome · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © whodden · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © João Pedro Silva · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Eric van den Berghe · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Очаківський район, Миколаївська область, Україна:© Olesya Petrovych · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 80077 Ischia NA, Italia:© Regno d Nettuno · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Messina, Sicily, IT:© Alberto Biondi · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR:© Pierre Corbrion · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The ocellated wrasse , Symphodus ocellatus , is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and throughout the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, and the Sea of Azov. 4 ft). It feeds on various marine invertebrates. 7 in) in standard length. It can also be found in the aquarium trade.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,134iNaturalist 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.
1,134 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Peter Forsskål in 1775 (251 years ago).