Labrus bergylta, Ballan wrasse : fisheries, gamefish, aquarium

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Labrus bergylta Ascanius, 1767

Ballan wrasse
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Norway country information

Common names: Berggylt, Leppefisker
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known as far north as Trondheim (Ref. 115240).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/no.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://odin.dep.no/fid/eng/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Bauchot, M.-L., 1987
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Common names from other countries

Vieille commune, Maragota, 贝氏隆头鱼, ... more

Classification / Names Nomi Comuni | Sinonimi | Catalog of Fishes(Genere, Specie) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Eupercaria/misc (Various families in series Eupercaria) > Labridae (Wrasses)
Etymology: Labrus: Name from Latin 'labrum' for lip, rim or edge; referring to the big lips of the fishes of the genus (from Ovid and Pliny according to Petrus Artedi).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / distribuzione batimetrica / distribution range Ecologia

marino associati a barriera corallina; distribuzione batimetrica 1 - 50 m (Ref. 5292), usually 2 - 30 m (Ref. 35388). Temperate; 5°C - 25°C (Ref. 132294); 64°N - 27°N, 32°W - 22°E

Distribuzione Stati | Aree FAO | Ecosystems | Presenze | Mappa dei ritrovamenti | Introduzioni | Faunafri

Eastern Atlantic: Norway to Morocco, including Madeira, the Azores and the Canary Islands. Doubtful reports from Mediterranean, Adriatic and Marmara seas (Ref. 4742), where it is often confused with Labrus merula.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturità: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 65.9 cm TL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 40637); common length : 50.0 cm SL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 4742); peso massimo pubblicato: 4.4 kg (Ref. 40637); Età massima riportata: 34 anni (Ref. 131345)

Short description Chiavi di identificazione | Morfologia | Morfometria

Body rather massive. Mouth small with thick lips and large conical teeth. Coloration very variable, brownish and greenish predominating (Ref. 35388).
Body shape (shape guide): fusiform / normal.

Biologia     Glossario (es. epibenthic)

Adults are found in littoral (10-20 m) zone around rocks, offshore reefs, and seaweed. Young often in intertidal areas. All are born females and change sex when they are 4-14 years old (Ref. 35388). One (or more) female spawns in nest of algae, built by male in a crevice. Feed on crustaceans and mollusks (Ref. 4742). Oviparous (Ref. 205).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturità | Riproduzione | Deposizione | Uova | Fecundity | Larve

Eggs are laid in nest built from algae; male guards nest 1-2 weeks until larvae hatch (Ref. 35388); larvae are pelagic.

Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Westneat, Mark | Collaboratori

Quignard, J.-P. and A. Pras, 1986. Labridae. p. 919-942. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2. (Ref. 4742)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 10 August 2008

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Pesca: pesca di sussistenza; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si; Acquario: Commerciale
FAO - pesca: landings; Publication: search | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Fonte Biblio. 123201): 8.7 - 13.3, mean 10.5 °C (based on 376 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Fonte Biblio. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00955 (0.00541 - 0.01686), b=3.07 (2.92 - 3.22), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Fonte Biblio. 69278):  3.2   ±0.0 se; based on diet studies.
Resilienza (Fonte Biblio. 120179):  Basso, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 4.5 - 14 anni (K=0.1; tmax=34; tm=2-9).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  High to very high vulnerability (67 of 100). 🛈
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649):  High to very high vulnerability (75 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   High.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 10.7 [4.4, 18.8] mg/100g; Iron = 0.168 [0.091, 0.360] mg/100g; Protein = 18.7 [15.8, 21.0] %; Omega3 = 0.302 [0.162, 0.565] g/100g; Selenium = 7.99 [3.73, 17.31] μg/100g; VitaminA = 54.7 [13.8, 262.4] μg/100g; Zinc = 0.647 [0.426, 1.163] mg/100g (wet weight);