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''Symphodus'' is a
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s native to the eastern
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Species

The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Symphodus bailloni'' (
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, 1839)
(Baillon's wrasse) * '' Symphodus caeruleus'' (Azevedo, 1999) * '' Symphodus cinereus'' (
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, 1788)
(grey wrasse) * '' Symphodus doderleini'' D. S. Jordan, 1890 * '' Symphodus mediterraneus'' (
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(axillary wrasse) * '' Symphodus melops'' (
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(corkwing wrasse) * '' Symphodus ocellatus'' (
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1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoological ...
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(ocellated wrasse) * '' Symphodus roissali'' ( A. Risso, 1810) (five-spotted wrasse) * '' Symphodus rostratus'' (
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, 1791)
(pointed-snout wrasse) * '' Symphodus tinca'' (
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1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoological ...
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(East Atlantic peacock wrasse) * '' Symphodus trutta'' ( Lowe 1834) (Emerald wrasse)


References

Labridae Marine fish genera         Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque {{Labridae-stub