| Brown wrasse | |
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| Brown wrasse | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Perciformes |
| Suborder: | Labroidei |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Labrus |
| Species: | L. merula |
| Binomial name | |
| Labrus merula Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Brown wrasse (Labrus merula) is a wrasse species, common in the Eastern Atlantic: from Portugal to Morocco and Azores, also in the Mediterranean Sea. Up to 45 cm length. Reef associated fish species.