Labrus Temporal range:
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Cuckoo wrasse (L. mixtus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Labriformes |
Family: | Labridae |
Genus: | Labrus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Type species | |
Labrus mixtus | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Labrus is a genus of wrasses native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean into the Mediterranean and Black seas.[3]
The four currently recognized species in this genus are:[3]
Fossils of Labrus are found from the Eocene to the Quaternary (age range: from 55.8 to 0.781 million years ago.). They are known from various localities of France, Italy and the United Kingdom.[4]