Centrolabrus melanocercus
Centrolabrus melanocercus, the black-tailed wrasse, is a species of marine ray-finned fish from the wrasse family Labridae which is found in the Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Marmara. This species was formally described in 1810 as "Lutjanus melanocercus" by Antoine Risso with the type locality given as Saint Hospice near Villefranche-sur-Mer on the Mediterranean coast of France. This species was regarded as a member of the genus "Symphodus" but meristic and behavioural data placed it closer to the rock cook than the sexually dimorphic paternal nesting fishes in "Symphodus". This species prefers areas with rocks or eelgrass at depths from . It can reach in total length, though most do not exceed .
Q127282
ray-finned fish
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Q208722
wrasse
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Q35409
family
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Q208722
Labridae
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Q4918
Mediterranean Sea
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Q35367
Sea of Marmara
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Q1361864
described
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Q368330
Antoine Risso
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Q3707858
type locality
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Q207080
Villefranche-sur-Mer
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Q34740
genus
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Q2019861
Symphodus
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Q6819510
meristic
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Q533844
rock cook
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Q181497
sexually dimorphic
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Q157371
eelgrass
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Q1847935
in total length
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Q28658433
Centrolabrus melanocercus
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1810-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1810
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