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The red gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus), also known as the East Atlantic red gurnard or soldier, is a benthic species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Triglidae, the gurnards and sea robins. This fish is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean, including the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea.
Most species are opportunistic predators and will feed on prey such as teleost and mollusks as well. [17] Gurnards do not have a primary predator; however, larger fish, marine mammals, birds, and humans will prey on gurnards. [18] They are bottom-dwelling fish, living down to 200 m (660 ft), although they can be found in much shallower water.
The spiny red gurnard (Chelidonichthys spinosus) is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Triglidae, the gurnards and sea robins.This species is found in the northwestern Pacific Ocean where they occur at depths of from 25 to 615 metres (82 to 2,018 ft).
Chelidonichthys was first formally described as a genus in 1873 by the German zoologist Johann Jakob Kaup.In 1896 Trigla hirundo was designated as the type species of the genus by David Starr Jordan and Barton Warren Evermann, T. hirundo is now treated as a junior synonym of Trigla lucerna which had been described by Linnaeus in 1758 from the "Northern Ocean".
Helicolenus percoides, the reef ocean perch, coral cod, coral perch, Jock Stewart, kuriarki, ocean perch, red gurnard perch, red gurnard scorpionfish, red ocean perch, red perch, red rock perch, scarpee or sea perch, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the subfamily Sebastinae, part of the family Scorpaenidae. It is found in the ...
Red gurnard (Lepidotrigla kumu) Spiny gurnard ()Lepidotrigla is the most speciose genus in the Triglidae [7] and has 58 species classified within it: [6] [2]. Lepidotrigla abyssalis D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1904
The bluefin gurnard is a bottom-dwelling fish known for its bright red body and large, colourful pectoral fins with a large black eye-spot in the center and surrounded by a bright blue edge. [ 5 ] [ 2 ] Its natural colour is a splotchy pale brown, generally only becoming red when stressed and the belly is paler or even white.
Lepidotrigla spiloptera, the spotwing gurnard, spotfin gurnard or red-fringed gurnard, is a species of marine, demersal ray-finned fish from the family Triglidae, the gurnards and sea robins. It has a wide Indo-Pacific distribution.