Fish of the Lappanella genus of the Labridae (wrasses) family of the Labroidei suborder of the Perciformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Lappanella fasciata. Photo by © Borut Furlan. fishbase.org)
Lappanella fasciata was first described in 1833 by the Italian naturalist Anastasio Cocco (1799-1854).
It inhabits the depth of 35-200 meters. It prefers to swim close to a rocky bottom. The maximum recorded length is 15 cm. It feeds on crabs, gastropods and polychaetes.
(Lappanella fasciata. Photo by © Borut Furlan. fishbase.org)
It was found several times in the Adriatic Sea.
Names of Lappanella fasciata in other languages as follows:
Doncel (Spanish), Tordo canino (Italian), Gestreifter Lippfisch (German), Полосатая лаппанелла (Polosataja lappanella) (Russian), Zdur šiljoglavac (Serbian, Croatian), Labre iris (French).