#2214 · 🐟 fish

Five-spotted Wrasse

🇳🇱 Vijfvleklipvis ·Symphodus roissali

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Donald Davesne · CC BY 4.0
2. © frahome · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Sylvain Le Bris · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Girona, ES-CT, ES:© eduardmarques · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Ionian Islands, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, Greece:© Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 84048 Santa Maria, Salerno, Italien:© benjamin_petra_schattanek-wiesmair · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Gelendzhik gorsovet, RU-KD, RU:© Krylenko VV · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 80077 Ischia NA, Italia:© Regno d Nettuno · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Les Îles, Marseille, France:© Oscar Dove · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The five-spotted wrasse ( Symphodus roissali ) is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Spain to Morocco and through the coastal waters of the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. 4 ft). 7 in). This species is sought by local peoples as a...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,760iNaturalist 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.
2,760 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Antoine Risso in 1810 (216 years ago).