Brown Wrasse Labrus merula

The Brown wrasse is native to the eastern Atlantic from the Iberian peninsula and Mediterranean Sea to northwestern Africa including the Azores and Canary Islands.

Despite the name, the Brown Wrasse is not always brown. Young are paler, more fawn or grey, and adults can be yellowy or greenish brown with pale blue spots; senior adults are blue.

All usually have blue edges to their fins. They can grow to some 40cm long.