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Chelidonichthys lucerna (Linnaeus, 1758)

Tub gurnard
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Denmark country information

Common names: Rød knurhane, Rød knùrhane
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
Abundance: fairly common (chances are about 50%) | Ref: Winkler, H.M., K. Skora, R. Repecka, M. Ploks, A. Neelov, L. Urho, A. Gushin and H. Jespersen, 2000
Importance: minor commercial | Ref:
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs along the west coast of Jutland, in Skagerrak and eastern Kattegat. Often caught incidentally in trawls and anchor seines (Ref. 9900). Also Ref. 173.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/da.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Muus, B.J. and P. Dahlstrøm, 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes(Γένος, Είδη) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Triglidae (Searobins) > Triglinae
Etymology: Chelidonichthys: Greek, chelidon, -onos = swift, as black as a swift + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία

Θαλασσινό(ά) βενθικό(ς); εύρος βάθους 20 - 318 m (Ref. 56504).   Subtropical; 8°C - 24°C (Ref. 4944); 66°N - 9°N, 18°W - 42°E

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