Category:Wrasse

Wrasse, n. Etym: [w. gwrachen.] (zoöl.)

Defn: any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the Genus labrus, of which several species are found in the mediterranean And on the atlantic coast of europe. Many of the species are bright- Colored.

Note: among the european species are the ballan wrasse (labrus Maculatus), the streaked wrasse (l. lineatus), the red wrasse (l. Mixtus), the comber wrasse (l. comber), the blue-striped, or cook, Wrasse (see peacock fish, under peacock), the rainbow wrasse (l. Vulgaris), and the seawife.