Fish of the Symphodus genus of the Labridae (wrasses) family of the Labroidei suborder of the Perciformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Symphodus doderleini. Photo by © Antonio Colacino. colapisci.it)
Symphodus doderleini was first described in 1890 by the American ichthyologist and zoologist David Starr Jordan (1851-1931).
It inhabits the depth of 2-40 meters. It prefers to swim in sea grass thickets. The maximum recorded length is 10 cm. It feeds on worms, bryozoans, small mollusks.
(Symphodus doderleini. Photo by © Jeff Dubosc. fishbase.org)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of Symphodus doderleini in other languages as follows:
Buzoçi velundrues (Albanian), Ταινιολαπίνα (Tenioljapina) (Greek), Zorzal (Spanish), Tordo fasciato (Italian), Doderleins Lippfisch (German), Hinac dugoprugac (Serbian, Croatian), Crénilabre de Doderlein (French).