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Summary for Centrolabrus exoletus Larvae
Rock cook

Centrolabrus  exoletus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family:	Labridae (Wrasses)
Order:	Perciformes
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
English name:	Rock cook
Distribution:	Eastern Atlantic: Norway to Portugal; also eastern Greenland.
Adult biology:	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). 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
Main Ref:	Russell, F.S.. 1976. (Ref. 37)
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	Modified: Luna, Susan M.	Entered: Froese, Rainer

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. urostyle)

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