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Symphodus melops (Linnaeus, 1758)

273571 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273571)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Chordata
  4. Vertebrata
  5. Gnathostomata
  6. Osteichthyes
  7. Actinopterygii
  8. Actinopteri
  9. Teleostei
  10. Eupercaria incertae sedis
  11. Labridae
  12. Labrinae
  13. Symphodus
  14. Symphodus melops
accepted
Species
Symphodus Rafinesque, 1810
Crenilabrus melops (Linnaeus, 1758) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) 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): 286 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Symphodus melops (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=273571 on 2026-09-06
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Symphodus melops (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=273571 on 2026-09-06
Date
action
by
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
created
Bailly, Nicolas
2013-01-08 11:20:45Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

original description (of ) 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): 286 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

context source (Schelde) Breine, J.; Stevens, M.; Simoens, I.; Van den Bergh, E. (2008). A reference list of fish species for a heavily modified estuary and its tributaries: the River Schelde. <em>Rapport van het Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek, R.2008.4. Instituut voor Natuur- en Bosonderzoek: Groenendaal.</em> 26 pp. (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] 

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] OpenAccess publication
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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LanguageName 
Dutch zwartooglipvis [from synonym]  [details]
English goldmaid [from synonym]corkwing wrasse [from synonym]corkwing [from synonym]  [details]
French crénilabre mélopscrénilabre melops [from synonym]crénilabre commun [from synonym]  [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Crenilabrus melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
Marine Life Information Network - UK (from synonym Crenilabrus melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (224 publications) (from synonym Crenilabrus melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Symphodus melops) 
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Crenilabrus melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To FishSounds 
To GenBank (60249 nucleotides; 8 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) (from synonym Symphodus (Crenilabrus) melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Symphodus (Crenilabrus) melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To PESI (from synonym Crenilabrus melops (Linnaeus, 1758))
To ITIS
Unreviewed