North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS name details

Labrus bimaculatus Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

126966 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126966)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Cichlasoma bimaculatum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Parent

Labrus Linnaeus, 1758

Original name

Labrus bimaculatus Linnaeus, 1758

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 285 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Labrus bimaculatus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126966 on 2026-09-11

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Labrus bimaculatus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=126966 on 2026-09-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2008-02-28 13:41:07Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2017-07-20 07:00:16Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

2017-08-17 13:35:34Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 285 [details] Available for editors

basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001
page(s): 285 [details] Available for editors

source of synonymy Kullander, S. O. (1997). Comments on the proposed conservation of the names Labrus Linnaeus, 1758, Cichlasoma Swainson, 1839, and Polycentrus Müller & Troschel, 1848 by the designation of neotypes for Labrus bimaculatus Linnaeus, 1758 and L. punctatus Linnaeus, 1758 (Osteichthyes, Perciformes). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature v. 54 (no. 2): 109-115., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.86 [details]