Striped gurnard
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Striped gurnard ( Trigloporus lastoviza ) |
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| ( Bonnaterre , 1788) |
The striped gurnard ( Trigloporus lastoviza ) is a type of gurnard within the perch-like . Its distribution area extends from Great Britain to South Africa, and it can also be found in the North Sea and the Mediterranean.
features
The striped gurnard has an elongated, conical body with a large head that narrows towards the back. It reaches an average body length of 15 centimeters, the maximum length can be up to 40 centimeters. The steeply sloping head has a large, very wide and terminal mouth with fleshy lips. It is armored with numerous bars. The back and the flanks are red with dark spots or indistinct banding. The anal fin is red with a yellow border. The wing-like extended pectoral fins have a bright blue border and dark and blue spots.
The pectoral fins are wing-like and enlarged so that they reach behind the attachment of the anal fin. The foremost three hard rays have no fin skin and are freely movable as individual rays. The pelvic fins are throaty. The dorsal fin is divided. The front dorsal fin consists of 9 to 11 hard rays, the second of 16 to 17 soft rays. The anal fin has 14 to 16 soft rays and the pectoral fin has 10 to 11 soft rays in addition to the 3 individually standing hard rays.
distribution
The striped gurnard is widespread in the Eastern Atlantic from Great Britain to South Africa, it is also found in the North Sea and the Mediterranean .
Way of life
The fish lives mainly on sandy and muddy bottoms close to the rocks at a depth of 30 to 150 meters, where they feed mainly on crustaceans . He uses the individually standing pectoral fin rays as tactile and stepping organs and gropes with them for food in the mud.
The spawning season falls in summer. The eggs with a diameter of approx. 1.3 millimeters are released into the open water and float in the surface water due to embedded oil droplets.
supporting documents
- ↑ a b c Striped Gurnard on Fishbase.org (English)
- ↑ a b c d e Andreas Vilcinskas : Fish - Central European freshwater species and marine fish of the North and Baltic Seas . BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, Munich 2000; P. 170. ISBN 3-405-15848-6 .
literature
- Andreas Vilcinskas : Fish - Central European freshwater species and marine fish of the North and Baltic Seas . BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, Munich 2000; P. 170. ISBN 3-405-15848-6 .
Web links
- Streaked gurnard on Fishbase.org (English)