What is "labrus vulgaris"

Wrasse \Wrasse\, n. [W. gwrachen.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous edible, marine, spiny-finned fishes of the genus Labrus, of which several species are found in the Mediterranean and on the Atlantic coast of Europe. Many of the species are bright-colored.

Note: Among the European species are the ballan wrasse ( Labrus maculatus), the streaked wrasse ( Labrus lineatus), the red wrasse ( Labrus mixtus), the comber wrasse ( Labrus comber), the blue-striped, or cook, wrasse (see Peacock fish, under Peacock), the rainbow wrasse ( Labrus vulgaris), and the seawife.