Three-bearded rockling
📖 Overview
Found on rocky bottoms but also on mud, sand and gravel. Feed on shrimps, crabs, isopods, small fish, mollusks and polychaetes . Spawn during spring and summer in the Mediterranean. Eggs and larvae are pelagic .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0. First dorsal ray followed by a row of small, fleshy filaments. Color is varies from dusky to pale. Fin coloration varies geographically in the Western Atlantic, with southern specimens having more dark blotches than northern ones . One barbel on the lower jaw and two on the snout. Large chocolate brown spots on head and body .: elongated; Cross section: oval.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Three-bearded rockling is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Three-bearded rockling is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Three-bearded rockling is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 20 - 120 m . Temperate; 64°N - 34°N, 23°W - 27°E Northeast Atlantic: from Norway and Iceland south to Gibraltar, including Madeira and Mediterranean.
🌿 Ecology
shrimps, crabs, isopods, small fish, mollusks and polychaetes (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Three-bearded Rockling · Threebeard Rockling · Whistler · rockling · threebearded rockling |
| 🏳️Catalan | fura comuna |
| 🌍CES | mník trojvousý |
| 🌍CYM | Brithyllod Mair Tair-Barf · brithyll mair tair-barf |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Tretrådet havkvabbe |
| 🇩🇪German | Dreibärtelige Seequappe · Gemeine meerquappe · Meertrüsche |
| 🌍ELL | Αγουλιανός |
| 🌍EUS | aholatz hirubixar |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Kolmiviiksimade · Rantamade |
| 🇫🇷French | Aholatza · Blountek · Loche de Mer · Lochet · Loquette · Louise · Motelle commune · Motelle à trois barbillons · Moustella · Renard · Stocofic · motelle · motelle, motelle à trois barbillons |
| 🌍ISL | Bletta · Blettabyrfill |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Motella maculata |
| 🌍MLT | Ballottra · Ballottra tal-fond · Ballottra tat-tikek · Pixxilupu |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Driedradige meun |
| 🌍NNO | tretråda tangbrosme |
| 🌍NOB | tretrådet tangbrosme |
| 🇳🇴Norwegian | Treskjegget tangbrosme · Tretrådet tangbrosme |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Motela trójwasa |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Barbuda-leopardo · Laibeque · Laibeque-de-três-barbilhos |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Обыкновенная галея |
| 🌍SLV | Lisasta morska miš |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Abarbado · Barbada · Barlaña · Lota · Madre Angula · Mollareta · Mostel · Palayó |
| 🌍SQI | Motele me njolla |
| 🌍SRP | Ugorova majka pecatica · Ugorova mater |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | Tretömmad skärlånga |
| 🌍TUR | Gelincik baligi |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 短鰭三鬚鱈 |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 50 records indexed .
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