Ballan wrasse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Ballan wrasse lives – recorded in 11 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Labrus bergylta
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	11 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Labriformes
Family	Labridae

Where does the Ballan wrasse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Ballan wrasse in 11 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Ballan wrasse endangered?

The Ballan wrasse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Ballan wrasse?

The Ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) is a ray-finned fish in the order Labriformes and the family Labridae, genus Labrus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Ballan wrasse

The ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, where it inhabits rocky areas. Like many wrasse species, it is a protogynous hermaphrodite—all fish start life as females, and some dominant fish later become males. It is used as a food fish in some areas and it is also finding use as a cleaner fish in the aquaculture of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in northwestern Europe.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Ballan wrasse (revision 1380372200), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1417454 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).