merula, Labrus Linnaeus [C.] 1758:288 [Systema Naturae, Ed. X v. 1; ref. 2787] Europe (Mediterranean Sea). No types known. •See also Santos et al. 1997:95 [ref. 23531]. •Valid as Labrus merula Linnaeus 1758 -- (Bauchot & Quignard 1973:428 [ref. 7204], Quignard & Pras in Whitehead et al. 1986:928 [ref. 13676], Arruda 1997:95 [ref. 24952], Parenti & Randall 2000:27 [ref. 24943], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:111 [ref. 26753], Fricke et al. 2007:93 [ref. 29533], Bañon et al. 2010:19 [ref. 31029], Kuiter 2010:84 [ref. 35285], Lipej & Dulčić 2010:53 [ref. 36649], Westneat in Carpenter & De Angelis 2016:2742 [ref. 34618], Carneiro et al. 2019:283 [ref. 37250], Elbaraasi et al. 2019:99 [ref. 36864], Kovačić et al. 2020:37 [ref. 37519], Bañón & Maño 2021:89 [ref. 38887], Kovačić et al. 2021:69 [ref. 39014]). Nomen Protectum. Current status: Valid as Labrus merula Linnaeus 1758. Labridae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: Galicia (Spain) south to northern Morocco, including Azores and Madeira. Habitat: marine.