WoRMS taxon details

Labrus mixtus Linnaeus, 1758

151501 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151501)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Gnathostomata (Infraphylum)
  6. Osteichthyes (Parvphylum)
  7. Actinopterygii (Gigaclass)
  8. Actinopteri (Superclass)
  9. Teleostei (Class)
  10. Eupercaria incertae sedis (Order)
  11. Labridae (Family)
  12. Labrinae (Subfamily)
  13. Labrus (Genus)
  14. Labrus mixtus (Species)
accepted
Species
Labrus Linnaeus, 1758
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Labrus mixtus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151501 on 2026-09-08
Date
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by
2005-04-06 10:22:32Z
created
Claus, Simon
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z
changed
Bailly, Nicolas

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Nomenclature

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 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Labrus carneus Ascanius, 1772) Ascanius, P. (1767-1805). Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enluminées d'histoire naturelle du Nord. <em>Copenhagen.</em> 5 parts, 36 pp., 50 pls. Pt. 1 (1867), 22 pp., Pls. 1-10; 2 (1772), 8 pp., Pls. 11-20; 3 (1775), 6 pp., Pls. 21-30; 4 (1777), 6 pp., Pls. 31-40; 5 (1805), 8 pp., Pls. 41-50.
page(s): 6, Pl. 13 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Labrus coeruleus Ascanius, 1772) Ascanius, P. (1767-1805). Icones rerum naturalium, ou figures enluminées d'histoire naturelle du Nord. <em>Copenhagen.</em> 5 parts, 36 pp., 50 pls. Pt. 1 (1867), 22 pp., Pls. 1-10; 2 (1772), 8 pp., Pls. 11-20; 3 (1775), 6 pp., Pls. 21-30; 4 (1777), 6 pp., Pls. 31-40; 5 (1805), 8 pp., Pls. 41-50.
page(s): 5, Pl. 12 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Labrus microlepidotus Bloch, 1792) Bloch, M. E. (1782-95). Allgemeine Naturgeschichte der Fische. 12 volumes. [details] 

original description (of Labrus vetula Bloch, 1792) Bloch, M. E. (1792). Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. <em>Berlin.</em> v. 6. i-xii + 1-126, Pls. 289-323., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41368209
page(s): 14, Pl. 293 [details] 

original description (of Labrus trimaculatus Bonnaterre, 1788) Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1
page(s): 113, Pl. 98 (fig. 401) [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Labrus lineatus Bonnaterre, 1788) Bonnaterre, J. P. (1788). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature... Ichthyologie. <em>Panckoucke, Paris.</em> i-lvi + 1-215, Pls. A-B. 1-100., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=Z67NZ0_oObYC&pg=PR1
page(s): 113, Pl. 98 (fig. 402) [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Labrus coquus Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae,.</em> 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.125970
page(s): 1297 [details] 

original description (of Labrus variegatus Gmelin, 1789) Gmelin, J. F. (1789). Caroli a Linné ... Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species; cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decimo tertia, aucta, reformata. 3 vols. in 9 parts. Lipsiae,.</em> 1788-93. v. 1 (pt 3): 1033-1516 [Fishes on pp. 1126-1516]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.125970
page(s): 1294 [details] 

original description (of Labrus varius Linnaeus, 1758) 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 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Labrus ossifagus Linnaeus, 1758) 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 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Labrus luvarus Rafinesque, 1810) Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69 [70 blank], Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105 [106 blank]). Pls. 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47825964
page(s): 38 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Sparus formosus Shaw, 1790) Shaw, G.; Nodder, F. P. (1789-1813). The Naturalist's Miscellany, or coloured figures of natural objects; drawn and described from nature. <em>London.</em> 24 vols. unnumbered pages.
page(s): no page number, Pl. 31 [details] 

basis of record Wheeler, A. (1992). A list of the common and scientific names of fishes of the British Isles. <i>J. Fish Biol. 41(Suppl. A)</i>: 1-37 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

Ecology

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

Other

context source (WoRCS) Kovačić, M.; Gerovasileiou, V.; Patzner, R. A. (2024). Fishes in Marine Caves. <em>Fishes.</em> 9(6): 243., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2410-3888/9/6/243 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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] 

 
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Dutch koekoekslipvis  [details]
English cuckoo wrasse  [details]
French vieille coquettepetite viellecrénilabre  [details]
German Kuckuckslippfisch  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Κηλιδοχειλού  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål blåstål  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk blåstål  [details]
Swedish blågylta  [details]
Welsh gwrachen resog  [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland 
Marine Life Information Network - UK 
To Barcode of Life (26 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Labrus ossifagus Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Labrus quadrimaculatus Risso, 1827)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Labrus varius Linnaeus, 1758)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Sparus formosus Shaw, 1790)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (20 publications) (from synonym Labrus coquus Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (244 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Labrus coeruleus Ascanius, 1772)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications) (from synonym Labrus vetula Bloch, 1792)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Labrus luvarus Rafinesque, 1810)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications) (from synonym Labrus trimaculatus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (66 publications) (from synonym Labrus variegatus Gmelin, 1789)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (69 publications) (from synonym Labrus carneus Ascanius, 1772)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (89 publications) (from synonym Labrus lineatus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Labrus larvatus Lowe, 1852)
To Dyntaxa 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Labrus mixtus) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Labrus ossifagus) (from synonym Labrus ossifagus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus quadrimaculatus Risso, 1827)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus variegatus Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus trimaculatus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus lineatus Bonnaterre, 1788)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus larvatus Lowe, 1852)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus luvarus Rafinesque, 1810)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus ossifagus Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus carneus Ascanius, 1772)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus coeruleus Ascanius, 1772)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus coquus Gmelin, 1789)
To FishBase 
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus varius Linnaeus, 1758)
To FishBase (from synonym Labrus vetula Bloch, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Sparus formosus Shaw, 1790)
To Fishipedia 
To FishSounds 
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Labrus ossifagus Linnaeus, 1758)
To GenBank (54372 nucleotides; 39857 proteins) 
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) 
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Labrus mixtus RAD107322-001) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Labrus mixtus RAD107322-001) 
To PESI 
To ITIS
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