- Source: Three-bearded rockling
The three-bearded rockling (Gaidropsarus vulgaris) is found in European waters from the central Norwegian coast and the Faroe Islands, through the North Sea, and around the British Isles to the region around the western Mediterranean. They can grow to a maximum length of 60 cm (2 ft). Their coloration varies from dusky to pale, with large chocolate-brown spots on the head and body, and fin coloration varies with location. They also may have xanthochromism, which is colour condition characterized by overt of yellow-orange-red pigmentation, because of high levels of xanthophores in the skin. Three barbels, one on the bottom jaw and two on the snout, provide the fish with its common name.
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Gaidropsarus vulgaris". FishBase. February 2007 version.
Quigley, D. T., Lord, R., Macgabhann, D., & Flannery, K. (2017). First records of xanthochromism in three-bearded rockling Gaidropsarus vulgaris (Cloquet, 1824) and pollack Pollachius pollachius (Linnaeus, 1758). Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 33(6), 1208–1210. doi:10.1111/jai.13456
External links
Data related to Gaidropsarus at Wikispecies
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Three-bearded rockling
- Shore rockling
- Gaidropsarus
- G. vulgaris
- List of fishes of the North Sea
- List of fishes of Ireland
- List of fishes of Great Britain
- List of fishes of Sweden
- Marbled electric ray
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