11 October 2024

Symphodus tinca - Peacock wrasse - Pauwlipvis

Symphodus tinca  (Linnaeus, 1758)

Peacock wrasse - Pauwlipvis

Selce - house reef, Croatia, 14-9-2016. Specimen A, male in terminal phase pattern at night.

Selce - house reef, Croatia, 14-9-2016. Specimen A, male in terminal phase pattern at night.

Selce - house reef, Croatia, 14-9-2016. Specimen B, young in dark-tail colour pattern at night.

Selce - house reef, Croatia, 14-9-2016. Specimen B, young in dark-tail colour pattern at night (with not yet identified shrimp). 

Tamariu - housereef, Costa Brava, Spain, 4-6-2015. Specimen C in standard colour pattern.

Tamariu - housereef, Costa Brava, Spain, 4-6-2015. Specimen C in standard colour pattern.

Plage del Forat, Port Vendres, France, 30-8-2021. Specimen D in standard colour pattern at night.

Plage del Forat, Port Vendres, France, 30-8-2021. Specimen D in standard colour pattern at night.

Strada Costiera, Trieste, Italy, 4-9-2023. Specimen in standard colour pattern at night.

Tamariu - housereef, Costa Brava, Spain, 31-5-2015. Young with uniform-beige colour form.