Shore rockling
📖 Overview
Lives generally at shallow depths near the shores on rocky bottom with aquatic vegetation to 60 m depth. Feeds on fish, crustaceans, worms and algae. Sold fresh in markets, also made into fish meal . Caught as a by-catch by various fishing gears .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. First dorsal-fin ray followed by a few small fleshy filament. Color varies, brown sometimes reddish and with a vermiculated or mottled pattern dorsally. Paler ventrally. The median fin borders dark . One barbel on the lower jaw and two on the snout. Marbled coloration on the back .: elongated; Cross section: circular.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Shore rockling is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Shore rockling is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; demersal; oceanodromous ; depth range 0 - 40 m . Temperate; 5°C - 18°C ; 62°N - 33°N, 10°W - 42°E Northeast Atlantic, from Norway and British Isles south to Morocco, including Canaries, Azores and Madeira, and the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
🌿 Ecology
fish, crustaceans, worms and algae
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Macaronesian Rockling · Mediterranean rockling · Shore Rockling · three bearded rockling |
| 🌍BRE | Leogenn zu |
| 🌍BUL | Галя |
| 🏳️Catalan | Mòllera anglesa · fura |
| 🌍CES | mník středomořský · mník tečkovaný |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Kysthavkvabbe · Middelhavs-havkvabbe · Middelhavshavkvabbe |
| 🇩🇪German | Mittelmeer-Seequappe · Seequappe |
| 🌍ELL | Γαϊδουρόψαρο της Μεσογείου |
| 🌍EUS | aholatz mediterraneo |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | rantamade |
| 🇫🇷French | Motelle de Méditerranée · Motelle à trois barbillons · motelle |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Motella · Motella dei tre barbigi · Motella mediterranea · Pecorella |
| 🌍MLT | Ballottra · Ballottra tal-bahar · Ballottra tat-tikek |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Driedadige meun · Mediterrane meun · Zuidelijke meun · driedradige meun |
| 🌍NNO | strandtangbrosme |
| 🌍NOB | strandtangbrosme |
| 🇳🇴Norwegian | Strandtangbrosme |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Motela sródziemnomorska |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Barbuda-do-Mediterrâneo · Laibeque · Laibeque-do-Mediterrâneo |
| 🌍RON | Galea |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Налим трехусый средиземноморский · Средиземноморский налим |
| 🌍SLV | Morska miš |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Barbada · Barbada da pedra · Bertorella · Brota de Tierra · Mustelo |
| 🌍SQI | Motele me mustaqe · Motele me mustaque · motelja mesdhetare |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | Strandskärlånga |
| 🌍TUR | Gelincik |
| 🌍UKR | Минь середземноморський · Минь тривусий середземноморський |
| 🌍VIE | Cá tuyết đá bờ biển |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 地中海三鬚鱈 · 斑三鬚鱈 |
Scientific Synonyms
| Scientific Name | Author | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enchelyopus mediterraneus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Gadus argenteolus | Montagu | 1818 | Synonym |
| Gadus fuscus | Risso | 1810 | Synonym |
| Gadus jubatus | Pallas | 1814 | Synonym |
| Gadus mediterraneus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Gadus tricirratus | Brünnich | 1768 | Synonym |
| Gaidropsarus mustellaris | Rafinesque | 1810 | Synonym |
| Gaidropsaurus mediterraneus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Merlangus communis | Costa | 1844 | Heterotypic |
| Motella communis | Costa | 1844 | Heterotypic |
| Motella fusca | Risso | 1810 | Synonym |
| Motella mediterranea | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Mustela fusca | Risso | 1810 | Synonym |
| Onos fusca | Risso | 1810 | Synonym |
| Onos mediterraneus | Linnaeus | 1758 | Synonym |
| Onos sellai | Cipria | 1938 | Synonym |
| Onos tricirrata | Brünnich | 1768 | Synonym |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) — 35 records indexed .
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