Five-spotted wrasse

Five-spotted wrasse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Labroidei
Family:	Labridae
Subfamily:	Labrinae
Genus:	Symphodus
Species:	S. roissali
Binomial name
Symphodus roissali (A. Risso, 1810)
Synonyms
Lutjanus roissali A. Risso, 1810 Crenilabrus roissali (A. Risso, 1810) Labrus oculusperdix Rafinesque, 1810 Lutjanus alberti A. Risso, 1810 Labrus aeruginosus Pallas, 1814 Crenilabrus aeruginosus (Pallas, 1814) Labrus capistratus Pallas, 1814 Crenilabrus capistratus (Pallas, 1814) Crenilabrus tigrinus A. Risso, 1827 Crenilabrus arcuatus A. Risso, 1827 Crenilabrus quinquemaculatus A. Risso, 1827 Symphodus quinquemaculatus (A. Risso, 1827)

The five-spotted wrasse (Symphodus roissali) is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Spain to Morocco and through the coastal waters of the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. This species inhabits rocky areas usually within beds of eelgrass at depths from 1 to 30 m (3.3 to 98.4 ft). It can reach 17 cm (6.7 in) in standard length, though usually not more than 12 cm (4.7 in). This species is sought by local peoples as a food fish and can also be found in the aquarium trade.^[2]

References

1. Pollard, D. 2010. Symphodus roissali. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.>. Downloaded on 17 November 2013.
2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Symphodus roissali" in FishBase. October 2013 version.