Fish of the Symphodus genus of the Labridae (wrasses) family of the Labroidei suborder of the Perciformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Pointed-snout wrasse. Photo by © Stephane Roy. fran.cornu.free.fr)
Pointed–snout wrasse (Symphodus rostratus) was first described in 1791 by the German naturalist Marcus Elieser Bloch (1723 – 1799).
It inhabits the depth of 1-50 meters. It prefers to swim close to a rocky bottom in sea grass thickets. The maximum recorded length is 13 cm. It feeds on crustaceans.
(Pointed-snout wrasse. Photo © ffessm-provence.net)
It is a permanent rare inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
Names of pointed–snout wrasse (Symphodus rostratus) in other languages as follows:
Buzoçi turigjatë (Albanian), Μυτολαπίνα (Mytoljapina) (Greek), Grivieta (Spanish), Tordo musolungo (Italian), Schnauzen-Lippfisch (German), Wargacz ostropyski (Polish), Bodião-das-ervas (Portuguese), Длиннорылый губан (Dlinnorylyj guban) (Russian), Dugonoska (Serbian, Croatian), Uzunçırçır balığı (Turkish), Sublaire (French).