Blue steel / Red beak

Latin: Labrus mixtus
Size:
30 - 35 cm
Levested:
Hard bottom in shallow water in summer. In winter it moves deeper (15-200 m).
Distribution:
From West Africa and northwards on the west and northeast side of the British Isles. Mediterranean Sea. In Scandinavia from the west coast of Sweden north to Nord-Trøndelag.
Food:
Crustaceans, shells and snails.
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