Fourbeard rockling
📖 Overview
Sedentary bottom dwellers on muddy sand between patches of hard substrate, or on the soft, smooth ground of deep sinks on the continental slopes of both sides of the North Atlantic. Feed on flatfishes, amphipods, decapods, copepods, mysids, shrimps, isopods and other small crustaceans. Spawn in the Baltic Sea . Mixed with soups and other products hot-smoked .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. One barbel on chin, one on tip of snout, and one at each of the anterior nostril. First dorsal fin ray very elongate, followed by a row of small, fleshy filaments. Color varies from dusky to pale.: elongated; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Fourbeard rockling is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Spawning has been recorded in waters less than 140 m deep. Fecundity ranges from 5,000 - 45,000.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; oceanodromous ; depth range 20 - 650 m , usually 20 - 50 m. Temperate; 73°N - 20°N, 99°W - 32°E south to British Isles and northern Bay of Biscay, including the North Sea and the southern Baltic Sea (70°N to 20°N).
🌿 Ecology
flatfishes, amphipods, decapods, copepods, mysids, shrimps, isopods and other small crustaceans
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Couchia edwardii | Couch | 1866 | Synonym |
| Gadus cimbricus | Bloch & Schneider | 1801 | Synonym |
| Gadus cimbrius | Linnaeus | 1766 | Synonym |
| Gaidropsarus cimbrius | Linnaeus | 1766 | Synonym |
| Gaidropsarus pacificus | Temminck & Schlegel | 1846 | Synonym |
| Motella caudacuta | Storer | 1858 | Synonym |
| Motella cimbrica | Linnaeus | 1766 | Synonym |
| Motella pacifica | Temminck & Schlegel | 1846 | Synonym |
| Onos cimbrius | Linnaeus | 1766 | Synonym |
| Rhinonemus caudacuta | Storer | 1858 | Synonym |
| Rhinonemus cimbrius | Linnaeus | 1766 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 3,560 records indexed .
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