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title: "Ballan Wrasse"
description: "Labrus bergylta — Peixes. The ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/ballan-wrasse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ballan Wrasse

> Labrus bergylta — Peixes. The ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses.

- Scientific name: *Labrus bergylta*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 1671
- Wikidata: [Q1417454](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1417454)
- iNaturalist taxon: [103911](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/103911)

## Names

- en: Ballan Wrasse
- de: Gefleckter Lippfisch
- es: Maragota
- fr: Vieille commune
- nl: Gevlekte lipvis
- pl: Wargacz kniazik

## Countries with the most observations

GB (415), FR (289), ES (215), PT (215), NO (163), IE (29), SE (16), JE (13)

## Summary

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: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballan_wrasse

## Photo

![Ballan Wrasse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ballan-wrasse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben Holt · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/374414310

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ballan-wrasse?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).