Labrus is a genus of wrasses native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean into the Mediterranean and Black seas.[3]
| Labrus Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreꞒ
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| Cuckoo wrasse (L. mixtus) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Labriformes |
| Family: | Labridae |
| Genus: | Labrus Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Labrus mixtus | |
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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]
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