Piper gurnard
📖 Overview
Piper gurnard (Trigla lyra) is a ray-finned fish of the family Triglidae. It inhabits marine (saltwater) waters in deep-water environments. This species can reach a maximum total length of 60 cm. With a trophic level of 3.7, it is a mid-level predator. It is assessed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 16; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 15 - 16. : fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Piper gurnard is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; bathydemersal; depth range ? - 700 m , usually 150 - 400 m . Deep-water; 60°N - 23°S, 18°W - 36°E north of British Isles and North Sea to Walvis Bay, Namibia, including Madeira and the Mediterranean (excluding the Black Sea).
🌿 Ecology
shrimps and crabs (Ref
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🇬🇧English | Gurnard · Piper · Piper Gurnard · Piper gurnard, Piper · lyre gurnard |
| 🇸🇦Arabic | Ferakh |
| 🌍BRE | Korn beg plat |
| 🏳️Catalan | Garneu · Rafel |
| 🌍CES | štítník východoatlantský |
| 🌍CYM | Chwyrnwyr Ysgithrog · chwyrnwr ysgithrog |
| 🇩🇰Danish | Langpigget knurhane |
| 🇩🇪German | Leierknurrhahn |
| 🌍ELL | Kapóni · Lyrokaponi · Λυροκαπόνι |
| 🌍EUS | Arraingorri |
| 🇫🇮Finnish | Piikkikurnusimppu |
| 🇫🇷French | Grondin lyre · Grondinlyre |
| 🌍HEB | טריגלה קילשונית |
| 🇭🇷Croatian | Kokot · Lastavica |
| 🌍ISL | Urrari |
| 🇮🇹Italian | Angelittine · Angioleto · Capocchione · Capone · Capone lira · Cappone lira · Capponi de mari · Capuane · Capucchjaune · Capun · Cocciu · Cocciu verace · Cuoccio · Facianu · Faggianu · Fasciana · Fuccata · Furcata · Gallinella · Mazzolina · Muzzau'ne · Organo · Testa · Teste · Tupputu · Turchei · Turrarici · Ölfisch |
| 🌍MLT | Gallina · Gallinetta · Ghadma · Kappun · Tigiega · Tigiega tal-bahar · Zumbrell |
| 🇳🇱Dutch | Stekelpoon · Trigla lyra · lierpoon |
| 🌍NNO | lyreknurr |
| 🌍NOB | lyreknurr |
| 🇳🇴Norwegian | Knurr · Lyreknurr |
| 🇵🇱Polish | Kurek jezyk |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Bode · Cabra · Cabra-lira · Falso-voador-de-São-Tomé · Peixe-cabra |
| 🇷🇺Russian | Тригла-лира |
| 🌍SLV | Lirasti krulec |
| 🇪🇸Spanish | Escarcho Gaitero · Garneo |
| 🌍SQI | Peshk geshtenje · Peshk gjel · gjeli lire · peshkagjeli · peshku gjel |
| 🌍SRP | Kokot krkaja · Lastavica-koste jaca |
| 🇸🇪Swedish | Lyrknot |
| 🌍TUR | Kırlangıç-Öksüz · kirlangic baligi · Ôkoban · Öksüz |
| 🌍UKR | Тригла |
| 🇨🇳Chinese | 大不列顛島琴魴鮄 |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 689 records indexed .
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