whats this fish?

[Greekman]

does anyone know what kind of fish this is? i remember seeing a fish of this kind but i couldnt remember what it was? any help would be appreciated

 

[Rui_Santos]

hi,

The fish in the picture is a Ballan wrasse - Labrus bergylta

Here is the fishbase link:
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=572&genusname=Labrus&speciesname=bergylta

cheers,
Rui

 

[Baur]

Greekman

Nice fish.
Its a cheilou amerikana (local greek not latin name). They go up to 3 kilos in your waters.

 

[Greekman]

thanks for the info guys

 

[boqueirao]

Hi all

in Portugal the name is "Margota" or "Balão de Santo Antonio" and they go up to 4,00kgs

 

[Cingene]

It looks llike a small budiao (is that how it's spelled in Portuguese?). I can't remember how it is spelled.

 

[Baur]

Judging from the head of the sargos id say about 1.5kg.

 

[Snorkel Bum]

In french it is called a Vielle...

 

[Murat]

i guess that its less than 1 kg.

 

[boqueirao]

Hi
yes Cingene, the right name is "bodião". there are in the portuguese coast a few diferente species of "bodião", with different colours and sizes. this one "margota " is the bigger of all "bodião" but is also the most rare. about the size, is difficult to say but it seems to be a very small fish, but maybe not...