Ballan wrasse

Ballan wrasse

Taxobox
name = Ballan wrasse



regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Perciformes
familia = Labridae
genus = "Labrus"
species = "L. bergylta"
binomial = "Labrus bergylta"
binomial_authority = Ascanius, 1767

The Ballan wrasse or simply wrasse, "Labrus bergylta", is a wrasse of the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Its maximum length is 66 cm. All Ballan wrasse are female for their first eight years before a few change into males. Large Ballans are almost certainly male.

It is popular as a food fish in the Orkney Islands and in Galway.

References

* Alan Davidson, "North Atlantic Seafood", 1979, ISBN 0-670-51524-8.
* David Erwin, Bernard Picton, "Guide to Inshore Marine Life" The Marine Conservation Society 1987 ISBN - 907151 345
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