Rock cook
| Centrolabrus exoletus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||||
| Family: | Labridae (Wrasses) |
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| Order: | Eupercaria/misc | |||
| Class: | Teleostei | |||
| English name: | Rock cook | |||
| Distribution: | Eastern Atlantic: Norway to Portugal; also eastern Greenland. | |||
| Adult biology: | Adults are found in eel-grass beds near rocks. Feed on small invertebrates (Ref. 4742). Eggs are laid in the summer in a seaweed nest (Ref. 35388). Males grow faster than females (Ref. 4792). Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205). Used in salmon culture as cleaner fish (Helmut Tethmeyer, pers. comm.). | |||
| Diagnosis: | Paired crescent-shaped group of melanophores on the head. Pigmentation covers only anterior half of tail. No melanophores on the anal fin. . See also LARVAE table. | |||
| Climate Zone: | temperate; 80°n - 33°n | |||
| Main Ref: | Russell, F.S.. 1976. (Ref. 37) | |||
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| Modified by: Luna, Susan M. |
Entered by: Froese, Rainer |
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