Symphodus

Symphodus is a genus of wrasses native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.^[4]

Symphodus Temporal range: Middle Miocene to present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
S. rostratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Labriformes
Family:	Labridae
Genus:	Symphodus Rafinesque, 1810[1]
Type species
Symphodus fulvescens Rafinesque, 1810[2]
Synonyms[3]
Corycus Cuvier, 1814 Crenilabrus Oken, 1817

Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are:^[4]

• Symphodus bailloni (Valenciennes, 1839) (Baillon's wrasse)
• Symphodus caeruleus (Azevedo, 1999)
• Symphodus cinereus (Bonnaterre, 1788) (grey wrasse)
• Symphodus doderleini D. S. Jordan, 1890
• Symphodus mediterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758) (axillary wrasse)
• Symphodus melops (Linnaeus, 1758) (corkwing wrasse)
• Symphodus ocellatus (Linnaeus, 1758) (ocellated wrasse)
• Symphodus roissali (A. Risso, 1810) (five-spotted wrasse)
• Symphodus rostratus (Bloch, 1791) (pointed-snout wrasse)
• Symphodus tinca (Linnaeus, 1758) (East Atlantic peacock wrasse)
• Symphodus trutta (Lowe 1834) (Emerald wrasse)

The following fossil species are also known:

• †Symphodus salvus Bannikov, 1986 - Middle Miocene (Langhian) of Moldova^[5][6]
• †Symphodus woodwardi (Kramberger, 1891) - Middle Miocene (Langhian) of Croatia^[6]
• †Symphyodus westneati Carnevale, 2015 - Middle Miocene (Serravallian) of Austria^[6][7]