#2185 · 🐟 fish

East Atlantic Peacock Wrasse

🇳🇱 Atlantische pauwlipvis ·Symphodus tinca

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. Guipúzcoa, ES-PV, ES:© luismartinezartola · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. Ližnjan, HR-IS, HR:© Nik Milek · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. West Greece, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, Greece:© Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Ionian Islands, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, Greece:© Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Ionian Islands, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, Greece:© Falk Viczian Solarboot-Projekte gGmbH · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR:© Xavier Rufray · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 34200 Sète, France:© Adrien Lowenstein - Anaïs Berry · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Spain:© wheelieneilie · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Città Metropolitana di Napoli, Italia:© Regno d Nettuno · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Геленджик, Краснодарский край, Россия:© Krylenko VV · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The East Atlantic peacock wrasse ( Symphodus tinca ) is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Spain to Morocco and in the coastal waters of the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. This species lives around rocks surrounded by eelgrass and can also be found in brackish waters in lagoons. 0 ft). This species can reach 44 cm (17 in) in standard length, though most grow...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,903iNaturalist 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.
6,903 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).