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Labridae
scale-rayed wrasse
Acantholabrus palloni
The only species of its genus along the eastern Atlantic
- Temperate
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- Africa
- Europe
- Fusiform
- Medium
- Temperate fish
Temperate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Fusiform
Mediumscale-rayed wrasse is a marine reef fish ranging along the eastern Atlantic coast. It is the only living species placed in its genus.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Unnamed Order
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Acantholabrus
- Maximum length
- 25 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- Eastern Atlantic: Norway south to Cape Lopez, Gabon and including Madeira, Azores and the Canary Islands. Also in the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
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Family
Conservation status
