Baillon's wrasse

Baillon's wrasse
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Perciformes
Suborder:	Labroidei
Family:	Labridae
Subfamily:	Labrinae
Genus:	Symphodus
Species:	S. bailloni
Binomial name
	Symphodus bailloni; (Valenciennes, 1839)
Synonyms
	Crenilabrus bailloni Valenciennes, 1839; Crenilabrus donovani Valenciennes, 1839;

Baillon's wrasse (Symphodus bailloni) is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the British Isles and Belgium to Mauritania and the western Mediterranean Sea along the coast of Spain and around the Balearic Islands. This species inhabits areas with plentiful weed growth or around rocks at depths from 1 to 50 m (3.3 to 164.0 ft). It can reach 20 cm (7.9 in) in standard length, though usually not exceeding 18 cm (7.1 in).^[2] It is caught for human consumption in artisanal fisheries.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Pollard, D. 2010. Symphodus bailloni. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 17 November 2013.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Symphodus bailloni". FishBase. October 2013 version.

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