Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Osteichthyes > Gigaclass Actinopterygii > Subclass Neopterygii > Class Teleostei > Order Eupercaria incertae sedis > Family Labridae > Genus Symphodus

Symphodus melops (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Symphodus*	Rafinesque, 1810	accepted genus name
*Coricus*		orthographic variant
*Crenilabrus*	Oken (ex Cuvier), 1817	synonym

Species group names

*Crenilabrus melops*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym
*Labrus melops*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Symphodus (Crenilabrus) melops*	(Linnaeus, 1758)	synonym; alternate representation

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: savgylte sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: zwartooglipvis

French: crénilabre mélops sources: Quéro J.C., 1984 - Les poissons de mer des pêches françaises - J. Grancher ed, 394 p

Hebrew: שפתון sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: grønngylt sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: grøngylt sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: skärsnultra sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: circir

Literature

additional source	Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024).
ecology source	Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1).

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External Links

FishBase images (Symphodus melops, by JJPhoto)
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Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Symphodus melops (Linnaeus, 1758). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:273571