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 ocellatus (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

*Labrus ocellatus*	Forsskål, 1775	synonym
*Labrus ocellatus*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym
*Symphodus ocellatus*	(Forsskål, 1775)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: buzoçi me “sy”; gçelari; peshku i barit sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

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

Russian: Зеленушка глазчатая sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: circir sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Зеленушка окувата

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).

Genbank

External Links

FishBase images (Symphodus ocellatus, Croatia, by Patzner, R.)
FishBase

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Symphodus ocellatus (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:273572