Labrus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Labrus mixtus, Mindlandet, Tjøtta, 18, NO imported from iNaturalist photo 403800737 (cropped).jpg | image_caption = Cuckoo wrasse (''L. mixtus'') | fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Eocene|Recent }} | taxon = Labrus | authority = Linnaeus, 1758 | type_species = ''Labrus mixtus'' | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758<ref name = CofFG>{{Cof record|genid=135|title=''Labrus''|access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref> | synonyms = * ''Cicla'' Artedi, 1793 | synonyms_ref = <ref name = Coffs>{{Cof family|family=Labridae|access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref> }}

'''''Labrus''''' is a genus of wrasses native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean into the Mediterranean and Black seas.<ref name=FishBase/>

== Biology == Like most wrasses, ''Labrus'' species are protogynous, and can undergo sex change from female to male. The form of protogyny differs between species, e.g., ''Labrus bergylta'' is monandric (all fish are born female but can develop into males), while ''Labrus mixtus'' is diandric (individuals can be born either male or female, and females can develop into males).<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Dipper |first1=F. A. |last2=Pullin |first2=R. S. V. |date=1979 |title=Gonochorism and sex-inversion in British Labridae (Pisces) |url=https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1979.tb07716.x |journal=Journal of Zoology |language=en |volume=187 |issue=1 |pages=97–112 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-7998.1979.tb07716.x |issn=1469-7998|url-access=subscription }}</ref> ''L. mixtus'' is sexually dimorphic in colouration, while ''L. bergylta'' is not.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Villegas-Ríos |first1=David |last2=Alonso-Fernández |first2=Alexandre |last3=Domínguez-Petit |first3=Rosario |last4=Saborido-Rey |first4=Fran |date=2013 |title=Intraspecific variability in reproductive patterns in the temperate hermaphrodite fish, Labrus bergylta |url=http://www.publish.csiro.au/?paper=MF12362 |journal=Marine and Freshwater Research |language=en |volume=64 |issue=12 |pages=1156 |doi=10.1071/MF12362 |bibcode=2013MFRes..64.1156V |issn=1323-1650|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=":0" />

==Species== The four currently recognized species in this genus are:<ref name=FishBase>{{FishBase genus | genus = Labrus| month = August | year = 2013}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+ !Species !Common name !Terminal phase |- |''Labrus bergylta'' Ascanius, 1767 |Ballan wrasse |frameless |- |''Labrus merula'' Linnaeus, 1758 |brown wrasse |frameless |- |''Labrus mixtus'' Linnaeus, 1758 |cuckoo wrasse |frameless |- |''Labrus viridis'' Linnaeus, 1758 |green wrasse |frameless |}

==Fossil record== thumb|220px|left|Fossil of ''Labrus valenciennesii''

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.<ref>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=36063 Paleobiology Database]</ref>

==References== {{Commons category|Labrus}} {{Reflist}}

Category:Labrus Category:Labridae Category:Fauna of the Azores Category:Fauna of Madeira Category:Fish of the East Atlantic Category:Marine fish of Europe Category:Fish of the Mediterranean Sea Category:Marine fish genera Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Labridae-stub}}