| Triglidae (Searobins), subfamily: Triglinae |
| 60 cm TL (male/unsexed); max.weight: 956.0 g |
|
demersal; depth range 10 - 340 m |
| Eastern Atlantic: Norway to Morocco, Madeira, Iceland (Ref. 2723), including Greenland (Ref. 115160). Also known from the Mediterranean and Black Sea (Ref. 4697). |
|
Head large without deep occipital groove. Vertebrae 37-39 (11-13 precaudal and 25-27 caudal). |
| Common on sandy grounds, sometimes on rocky bottoms, and also on mud between coastline to 140 m depth. Up to depth of 340 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504). Feeds on crustaceans, mostly shrimps and shore crabs; fishes, mostly gobies, flatfish, young herring and sand eels. Makes croaking sounds (Ref. 9987). Utilized fresh and frozen; eaten fried and baked (Ref. 9987). |
|
Not Evaluated
(Ref. 96402)
|
| harmless |
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