Template:Did you know nominations/Labrus viridis

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The result was: promoted by feminist (talk) 08:28, 31 December 2017 (UTC)

Labrus viridis

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~~... that the green wrasse is considered vulnerable as it is being harvested faster than it can reproduce?~~ Source: "Based on overall declines of 50-80% in at least a third of its range in the western Mediterranean, overall population declines since at least the 1990s are inferred to be more than 30% and are predicted to continue into the future and in the eastern portion of its range."

Reviewed: Justin Fairfax

5x expanded by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self-nominated at 08:37, 22 November 2017 (UTC).

QPQ done, expanded 5x , in time, long enough, within policy, no copyvio, hook is interesting. Good to go! FITINDIA 08:48, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi, I came by to promote this, but I'm having trouble finding the hook fact in the article. Yoninah (talk) 23:02, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

You are right, it's a deduction not a fact. How about ALT1 then? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:35, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

ALT1 ~~... that the green wrasse is considered vulnerable as it is harvested for food and populations are in decline?~~

@Cwmhiraeth: that seems a rather obvious conclusion. What do you think about combining other elements of its description to form a catchy hook (sorry for the pun)?

Green wrasse

ALT2: ~~... that the green wrasse (pictured) has big eyes, a small mouth, and lots of teeth?~~ Yoninah (talk) 14:17, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

I'm not sure that we should say "lots of teeth", but we could have ALT3. The most interesting thing about the fish IMO is that it does not mature for three years or more and can live for twenty years. You can see how under these circumstances, the fish's numbers can decline drastically under indiscriminate fishing with no regard to giving it time to reproduce. But the source doesn't mention this aspect. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 20:47, 25 December 2017 (UTC)
ALT3: ... that the green wrasse (pictured) has big eyes, a small mouth, and fleshy lips?

Nice. Since you added another fact, I'm going ahead and approving it. ALT3 hook ref verified and cited inline. Image is freely licensed. Rest of review per Fitindia. ALT3 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 23:25, 25 December 2017 (UTC)