Tub gurnard
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Scorpaeniformes |
| Family: | Triglidae |
| Genus: | Chelidonichthys |
| Species: | C. lucerna
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| Chelidonichthys lucerna | |
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The tub gurnard, Chelidonichthys lucerna (also C. lucernus, Trigla lucerna, T. corax) is a species of bottom-dwelling coastal fish with a spiny armored head and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom. The tub gurnard is a reddish fish with blue pectoral fins.
It is a coastal species, prevalent in the Mediterranean Sea (especially the western Mediterranean and the northern Aegean) and the Atlantic Ocean from Norway to Cape Blanc. It is also present, though less common, in the Black Sea, the southern Baltic and the eastern Mediterranean.[1]
It has a long mating season, from May to August in Europe, ranging to year-round in Africa.[2]
On a fish market
Swimming
Frying fillets with butter and sage
References[]
- ^ AquaMaps distribution map
- ^ "Rode Poon" (in Dutch).
External links[]
- Photos of Tub gurnard on Sealife Collection
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Chelidonichthys
- Fish of Europe
- Fish of the Mediterranean Sea
- Fish of the Black Sea
- Fauna of the British Isles
- Marine fauna of North Africa
- Fish described in 1758
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus