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Rock Cook

Centrolabrus exoletus

2,262Records since 2000
JunePeak month
23Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb15
Mar35
Apr83
May260
Jun502
Jul479
Aug409
Sep305
Oct124
Nov27
Dec12

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Argyll and Bute Scotland23
2Highland Scotland22
3Pembrokeshire Wales20
4Devon England13
5Cornwall England12
6Gwynedd Wales12
7Dorset England11
8Causeway Coast and Glens Northern Ireland9
9Torbay England9
10Plymouth England4
11Na h-Eileanan Siar Scotland3
12Isles of Scilly England3
13North Ayrshire Scotland3
14Newry, Mourne and Down Northern Ireland3
15Isle of Anglesey Wales2
1,433 England283 Scotland214 Wales90 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 23 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,262
Peak month
June
Counties with records
23
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Centrolabrus exoletus
Also known as
Rock cook, Rock-cook, Small-mouthed wrasse
Group
Fish
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,414
Conservation designations
Global Red List (JNCC)
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perciformes
Family
Labridae
Genus
Centrolabrus
Name with authority
Centrolabrus exoletus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
28

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q533844 · GBIF 2383720