Symphodus ocellatus

Taxobox
name = "Symphodus ocellatus"


image_width = 250px
image_caption = Moon wrasse, "Thalassoma lunare", a typical wrasse
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Labridae
genus = "Symphodus"
species = "S. ocellatus"
binomial = "Symphodus ocellatus"
binomial_authority = Forsskål, 1775

"Symphodus ocellatus" (ocellus -i m. [a (little) eye; a darling). is the Latin name for a type of fish, common in the Mediterranean Sea. Its Greek name is "χειλού", which means "she with the big lips" (apparently because of the fish's appearance).

*Family:Labridae (Wrasses)
*Order: Perciformes (perch-likes)
*Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
*Max. size: 12.0 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 4742)
*Environment:reef-associated; marine; depth range 1 – 30 m
*Climate: subtropical; 47°N - 30°N, 6°W - 42°E
*Importance:aquarium: commercial
*Resilience:High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months
*Distribution:Gazetteer Eastern Atlantic: throughout the Mediterranean, Black Sea and Sea of Azov.
*Biology: Found near rocks and eel-grass beds. A nest of seaweed (Cystoseria) built and kept by male. Feeds on bryozoans, hydroids, tubicolous, worms, shrimps, amphipods and mollusks.
*Red List Status: Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 53964)
*Dangerous:harmless
*Coordinator:Westneat, Mark

Main Ref:Quignard, J.-P. and A. Pras. 1986. (Ref. 4742)

References

www.fishbase.org [http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=1792]

External links

Fish living in the greek seas [http://www.explorecrete.com/greek/fish-1gr.html]