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Chelidonichthys obscurus

(long-finned gurnard)

Overview

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Family : Searobins ; Benthic on the continental shelf in 77 m ; inhabits soft bottoms and fallen rocks[1].

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in Albanian:

Gjel dallendyshe

Common Names in Catalan:

Lluerna filosa, Lluerna fosca

Common Names in Croatian:

Kokot barjaktar

Common Names in Danish:

Dunkel G, Dunkel knurhane

Common Names in English:

long-finned gurnard, Longfin gurnard, shining gurnard

Common Names in French:

Grondin morrude, Grondin sombre

Common Names in German:

Fähnlich-Knurrhahn, Langflossen-Knurrhahn

Common Names in Greek:

Istiokaponi, Ιστιοκαπόνι, Καπόνι, Κούκος

Common Names in Greek, Modern:

Istiokaponi, Ιστιοκαπόνι

Common Names in Greek, Modern (1453):

Istiokaponi, Ιστιοκαπόνι

Common Names in Italian:

Barilotto, Capocchione, Capone gavotta, Cappone gavotta, Cappone salsiccia, Capuane, Caviglia, Coccio sosizzu, Cocciu, Cuccu, Cuoccio, Facianu, Fascianu i funnu, Gallinella, Gavotta, Luserna, Mattidduzzu 'mperiali, Maziole, Paracullote, Re di trigghie, Spagnolo, Teste

Common Names in Maltese:

Kappun, Spanjulett, Zombrell, Zumbrell, Zumbrell spanjulett

Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:

暗体绿鳍鱼, 暗體綠鰭魚

Common Names in Polish:

Kurek sinopletwy, Kurek sinopłetwy

Common Names in Portuguese:

Cabra-de-bandeira

Common Names in Spanish:

Arete Alet, Arete aleton, Arete oscuro

Common Names in Swedish:

Silverbandad knot

Common Names in Turkish:

Kirlangi, Kırlangıç balığı

Description

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Habitat

Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -2,007 meters (0 to -6,585 feet).[2]

Biome: Marine .

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Aspitrigla obscura (Bloch & Schneider • Chelidonichthys obscuraChelidonichthys obscura (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) • Chelidonichthys obscura (Bloch & Schneider • Chelidonichthys obscurusTrigla lucerna (Non Linnaeus • Trigla obscuraTrigla obscura Bloch & Schneider, 1801

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Bloch, M .E. and J.G. Schneider M.E. Blochii, systema ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini, Sumtibus Austoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum: Berlin. 584 p., 1801.

Last scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 02-May-1994

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Chelidonichthys

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. capensis (Cape Gurnard) · C. cuculus (Red Gurnard) · C. gabonensis (Gabon Gurnard) · C. gurnardus (Grey Gurnard) · C. kumu (Bluefin Gurnard) · C. lastoviza (Streaked Gurnard) · C. lucerna (Sapphirine Gurnard) · C. lucernus (Sapphirine Gurnard) · C. lucernus (Sapphirine Gurnard) · C. obscurus (Long-Finned Gurnard) · C. queketti (Lesser Gurnard) · C. spinosus (Bluefin Searobin)

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Further Reading

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Notes

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:

Identifiers

Footnotes

  1. Hureau, J.-C. (1986). Triglidae. p. 1230-1238. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the North-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 3. [back]
  2. Mean = -245.940 meters (-806.890 feet), Standard Deviation = 493.530 based on 135 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012