Red gurnard
📖 Overview
Occasionally forms schools. Found over sand and gravel, crag, and rocks in the continental shelf . Feeds on benthic crustaceans, other invertebrates and bottom-dwelling fishes.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17 - 18; Anal soft rays: 16 - 18. Head large, without deep occipital groove. First dorsal spine serrate anteriorly, second spine not elongate. Lateral line scales plate-like expanded vertically. Breast and anterior part of belly without scales. Vertebrae 36-37 (13-14 precaudal and 22-23 caudal). Pectoral fin with last 3 rays free. Snout steep, prolonged forward by a denticulated and bilobed flattened rostrum.: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Red gurnard is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; depth range 15 - 400 m, usually 30 - 250 m . Temperate; 62°N - 15°N, 32°W - 42°E
🌿 Ecology
benthic crustaceans, other invertebrates and bottom-dwelling fishes (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | East Atlantic Red Gurnard · Red gurnard · Red gurnard, East Atlantic red gurnard · Soldier |
| 🌍BRE | ch'orn rhû · grundin |
| 🏳️Catalan | Lluerna roja · Lluerna vermella |
| 🌍CES | štítník kukaččí |
| 🌍CYM | Ysgyfarnogod Môr · ysgyfarnog fôr |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Tværstribet knurhane |
| 🇩🇪German | Knurrhahn · Kuckucksknurrhahn · Seekuckuck |
| 🌍ELL | Ασπιδοκαπόνι |
| 🌍EUS | Perloi kuku |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Punakurnusimppu |
| 🇫🇷French | Grondin rouge · grondin · grondin pin |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Capone coccio · Capone imperiale |
| 🌍MLT | Gallina · Gallinetta · Ghadma · Zumbrell · Zumbrell ghadma |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Engelse poon · Engelse soldaat · blauwvinpoon · knorhaan · poon |
| 🌍NNO | tverrstripa knurr |
| 🌍NOB | tverrstripet knurr |
| 🇳🇴Norwegian | Tverrstripet knurr |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Kurek naplon |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Cabra vermelha · Cabra-vermelha · Cabrinha · Falso-voador-do-Mediterrâneo |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Красный морской петух · Морской петух красный |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Arete · Cuco · Escacho · Escarcho Rojo · Peona · Rubio |
| 🌍SQI | Gjeli i kuq i detit · peshku gjel i kuq · peshku qyqe |
| 🌍SRP | Krkotajka |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | Rödknot |
| 🌍TUR | Kirlangiç · dikenli kirlangic |
| 🌍UKR | Морський півень червоний · Тригла червона |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 紅體綠鰭魚 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aspitrigla cuculus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Chelidonichthys cululus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Cheliodonichthys cuculus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Trigla cuculus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Trigla grunniens | Lacepède | 1801 | Synonym |
| Trigla pini | Bloch | 1793 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 21 records indexed .
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