Red wrasse

Labrus mixtus is a medium size wrasse living in rocky areas in Atlantic waters.

The Red wrasse lives in the reef-associated, non-migratory, marine, depth range 2 - 200 m , usually 40 - 80 m environment.

The Striped wrasse or red wrasse or cook wrasse (Labrus mixtus) is a British edible fish of the wrasses family occuring in rock pools. Strophanthus Strophanthus is a genus of plants of the natural order Apocynaceae growing chiefly in equatorial Africa and in India. More

The red wrasse: Coris gaimard. TFH 11/89. Tinker, Spencer W. 1978. Fishes of Hawaii; A Handbook of the Marine Fishes of Hawaii and the Central Pacific Ocean. Hawaiian Service, Inc. Honolulu, HI. 532pp. More

The red wrasse: Coris gaimard. TFH 11/89. Stratton Richard F. 1990. The Hawaiian saddle wrasse. TFH 6/90. Stratton, Richard F. 1991. The sunset wrasse (Thalassoma lutescens). TFH 6/91. Stratton, Richard F. 1993. The Spanish hogfish. TFH 4/93. More

Common names

black acara in Unknown
Blågylta in Swedish (Svenska)
Blåstak in Danish (dansk)
Blåstål in Norwegian (Norsk)
Blåstråle in Swedish (Svenska)
Bodião-canário in Portuguese (Português)
crénilabre in French (français)
Cuckoo wrasse in English
Gallano in Spanish (español)
Kuckuckslippfisch in German (Deutsch)
Parpanjol in Maltese (Malti)
Peixe rei do alto in Portuguese (Português)
Peshk pavode in Albanian (Shqip)
petite vielle in French (français)
red wrasse in English
Rödnäbba in Swedish (Svenska)
Rodnæb in Danish (dansk)
Rødnebb in Norwegian (Norsk)
Sinihuulikala in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Smokva in Slovene
Smokva in Slovenian (slovenščina)
Tordo fischietto in Italian (Italiano)
Vieille coquette in French (français)
Wargacz teczak in Polish (polski)
紅紋隆頭魚 in Mandarin Chinese
红纹隆头鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Perciformes
Family : Labridae
Genus : Labrus
Species : Labrus mixtus
Authority : Linnaeus, 1758