Bastard grunt
📖 Overview
Found over hard bottom and sand . Enters estuaries and lagoons at sexual maturation . Feeds on bottom and near-bottom invertebrates .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 11 - 13; Vertebrae: 27. Diagnosis: body oblong; snout short, about equal to eye diameter; mouth small, maxilla not reaching anterior edge of eye; 2 anterior pores on chin, followed by a median pit; third anal fin spine equal or longer than second; 11-13 anal soft rays; caudal fin forked; scales slightly ctenoid; 7-8 scale rows between lateral line and middle of spinous dorsal-fin base . Coloration: back dark brown, silvery white on belly; sometimes large dark spots on back and flanks, but never small spots or bands; a black spot at upper angle of opercle .: fusiform / normal; Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Bastard grunt is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Bastard grunt is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Oviparous, distinct pairing during breeding .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range 10 - 100 m . Subtropical; 47°N - 14°S, 27°W - 14°E
🌿 Ecology
bottom and near-bottom invertebrates (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Bastard grunt |
| 🇸🇦Arabic | Qefulli I Vjeshtes · Qirrâq |
| 🏳️Catalan | Roncador bastard |
| 🌍CES | chrochtal východoatlantský |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Bastardgryntefisk |
| 🇩🇪German | Bastard-Grunzer |
| 🌍ELL | Prussiano · Pseftogrylopsaro · Ψευτογρυλόψαρο |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | keltaevämurisija |
| 🇫🇷French | Crocro · Grondeur métis · Ronfleur |
| 🌍HEB | גממית ים-תיכונית |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Grugnitore bastardo |
| 🇯🇵Japanese | ニシミゾイサキ |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Knorvis |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Besugo (cinza) · Bravura · Museu · Músico · Peixe-aranha-raiado · Peixe-bravura · Roncadeira-preta · Roncador-bastardo · Roncador-bravura · Ronco · Roncolho · Rondone di mare · Ronqueirão · Roumbo · Rouqueirão · Roncador |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Ворчун-боло · пристипома |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Roncador · Roncador bastardo · Ronco Mestizo |
| 🌍TUR | gargur |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 707 records indexed .
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