Cape gurnard

Cape Gurnard

Cape Gurnard flashing its pectorals
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Scorpaeniformes
Family:	Triglidae
Genus:	Chelidonichthys
Species:	C. capensis
Binomial name
*Chelidonichthys capensis* (Cuvier, 1829)

Chelidonichthys capensis, the Cape Gurnard, is a species of sea robin native to the Western Indian Ocean where they occur at depths of from 10–390 metres (33–1,280 ft) and in such countries as Mozambique and Namibia. The species is 75 centimetres (30 in) TL in length and lives maximum to the age of 16. This species is of commercial importance as a food fish.^[1]

References

↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). "Chelidonichthys capensis" in FishBase. December 2012 version.

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Extant Triglidae species (Sea robins, gurnard)

Bellator	Shortfin searobin (B. brachychir) Streamer searobin (B. egretta) Bellator farrago Naked-belly searobin (B. gymnostethus) Barred searobin (B. loxias) Horned searobin (B. militaris) Bellator ribeiroi Splitnose searobin (B. xenisma)

Bovitrigla	Bovitrigla acanthomoplate

Chelidonichthys	Chelidonichthys capensis Chelidonichthys cuculus Chelidonichthys gabonensis Chelidonichthys ischyrus Chelidonichthys kumu' Chelidonichthys lucernus Chelidonichthys obscurus Chelidonichthys queketti Chelidonichthys spinosus

Eutrigla	Grey gurnard (E. gunard)

Lepidotrigla	Lepidotrigla abyssalis Lepidotrigla alata Lepidotrigla alcocki Lepidotrigla annamarae Lepidotrigla argus Lepidotrigla argyrosoma Lepidotrigla bentuviai Lepidotrigla bispinosa Lepidotrigla brachyoptera Lepidotrigla cadmani Lepidotrigla calodactyla Lepidotrigla carolae Lepidotrigla cavillone Lepidotrigla deasoni Lepidotrigla dieuzeidei Lepidotrigla eydouxii Lepidotrigla faurei Lepidotrigla grandis Lepidotrigla guentheri Lepidotrigla hime Lepidotrigla japonica Lepidotrigla jimjoebob Lepidotrigla kanagashira Lepidotrigla kishinouyi Lepidotrigla larsoni Lepidotrigla lepidojugulata Lepidotrigla longifaciata Lepidotrigla longimana Lepidotrigla longipinnis Lepidotrigla macrobrachia Lepidotrigla marisinensis Lepidotrigla microptera Lepidotrigla modesta Lepidotrigla mulhalli Lepidotrigla multispinosa Lepidotrigla musorstom Lepidotrigla nana Lepidotrigla oglina Lepidotrigla omanensis Lepidotrigla papilio Lepidotrigla pectoralis Lepidotrigla pleuracanthica Lepidotrigla punctipectoralis Lepidotrigla robinsi Lepidotrigla russelli Lepidotrigla sayademalha Lepidotrigla sereti Lepidotrigla spiloptera Lepidotrigla spinosa Lepidotrigla umbrosa Lepidotrigla vanessa Lepidotrigla vaubani Lepidotrigla venusta

Prionotus	Spiny searobin (P. alatus) Whitesnout searobin (P. albirostris) Bean's searobin (P. beanii) Two-beaked searobin (P. birostratus) Northern searobin (P. carolinus) Striped searobin (P. evolans) Bristly searobin (P. horrens) Bigeye searobin (P. longispinosus) Gulf of Mexico barred searobin (P. martis) Galapagos gurnard (P. miles) Prionotus murielae Red searobin (P. nudigula) Bandtail searobin (P. ophryas) Mexican searobin (P. paralatus) Bluewing searobin (P. punctatus) Bluespotted searobin (P. roseus) Blackwing searobin (P. rubio) Common searobin (P. ruscarius) Leopard searobin (P. scitulus) Shortwing searobin (P. stearnsi) Lumptail searobin (P. stephanophrys) Long-ray searobin (P. teaguei) Bighead searobin (P. tribulus)

Pterygotrigla	Pterygotrigla amaokai Pterygotrigla andertoni Pterygotrigla arabica Pterygotrigla cajorarori Pterygotrigla draiggoch Pterygotrigla elicryste Pterygotrigla gomoni Pterygotrigla guezei Pterygotrigla hafizi Pterygotrigla hemisticta Pterygotrigla hoplites Pterygotrigla jacad Pterygotrigla leptacanthus Pterygotrigla macrolepidota Pterygotrigla macrorhynchus Pterygotrigla megalops Pterygotrigla multiocellata Pterygotrigla multipunctata Pterygotrigla pauli Pterygotrigla picta Pterygotrigla polyommata Pterygotrigla robertsi Pterygotrigla ryukyuensis Pterygotrigla saumarez Pterygotrigla soela Pterygotrigla spirai Pterygotrigla tagala Pterygotrigla urashimai

Trigla	Piper gurnard (T. lyra)

Trigloporus	Streaked gurnard(T. lastoviza)

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