Lappanella fasciata (Cocco, 1833)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The iris wrasse (Lappanella fasciata) is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the family Labridae, the wrasses. It is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean from Portugal to Morocco, as well as Madeira and the Azores, and in the Mediterranean Sea as far east as the Adriatic Sea. It lives in deep, rock areas where it feeds on crabs, molluscs and polychaete worms.
Lappanella fasciata was first formally described as Coricus fasciatus by the Italian naturalist Anastasio Cocco (1799–1854) with the type locality given as Messina on Sicily. The French zoologist Achille Valenciennes (1794–1865) later named Ctenolabrus iris from Naples, Sicily and Malta and David Starr Jordan used this as the type species when he raised the genus Lappanella, albeit as a subgenus of Ctenolabrus, in 1890.
Wikipedia contributors, Lappanella fasciata; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:59:54.579869+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Lappanella fasciata (Cocco, 1833)
- Name authority
- (Cocco, 1833)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Family
- Labridae
- Genus
- Lappanella
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- familyLabridae Cuvier, 1816
- subfamilyLabrinae Cuvier, 1816
- genusLappanella Jordan, 1890
- speciesLappanella fasciata (Cocco, 1833)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Lappanella. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Lappanella guineensis Bauchot, 1969 | LabridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Ctenolabrus iris Valenciennes, 1839 Valenciennes, 1839 | synonym |
| Lapponella fasciata (Cocco, 1833) (Cocco, 1833) | synonym |
| Marzapannus fasciatus (Cocco, 1833) (Cocco, 1833) | synonym |
| Marzapanus fasciatus (Cocco, 1833) (Cocco, 1833) | synonym |
| Coricus fasciatus Cocco, 1833 Cocco, 1833 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126969 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3S9P2. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.