Baillon's wrasse (''Symphodus bailloni'') is a species of

wrasse The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 81 genera, which are divided into 9 subgroups or tribes. They are typically small, most of them ...

native to the eastern

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from the

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and

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to Mauritania and the western

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along the coast of

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and around the Balearic Islands. This species inhabits areas with plentiful weed growth or around rocks at depths from . It can reach in standard length, though usually not exceeding . The British Record (rod caught) for the heaviest fish is 285 grams caught in Poole Bay, Dorset on 3 September 2018 by David Lynes It is caught for human consumption in

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Baillon's wrasse Baillon's wrasse (''Symphodus bailloni'') is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the British Isles and Belgium to Mauritania and the western Mediterranean Sea along the coast of Spain and around the Balearic Islan ...

Fish of West Africa Marine fish of Europe Fauna of Spain

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