Streaked gurnard

Streaked gurnard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Triglidae
Genus: Chelidonichthys
Subgenus: Trigloporus
Species:
C. lastoviza
Binomial name
Chelidonichthys lastoviza
(Bonnaterre, 1788)
Synonyms[2]
  • Trigla lastoviza Bonnaterre, 1788
  • Trigloporus lastoviza (Bonnaterre, 1788)
  • Cuculus lineatus Pennant, 1769
  • Trigla lineata Gmelin, 1789
  • Trigloporus lineata (Gmelin, 1789)
  • Trigla adriatica Gmelin, 1789
  • Trigla gonotus Rafinesque, 1810
  • Trigla africana J. L. B. Smith, 1934
  • Chelidonichthys africana (J. L. B. Smith, 1934)
  • Trigloporus lastoviza africanus (J. L. B. Smith, 1934)

The streaked gurnard (Chelidonichthys lastoviza), also known as the African gurnard or rock gurnard, is a species of ray-finned fish belonging to the family Triglidae, the gurnards and sea robins. This fish is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and western Indian Ocean. This species is of commercial importance as a food fish.

  1. ^ de Morais, L.; Smith-Vaniz, W.F.; Carpenter, K.E.; de Bruyne, G.; Palmeri, A.; Papakonstantinou, C. & Golani, D. (2015). "Chelidonichthys lastoviza". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198751A60815389. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T198751A60815389.en. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Chelidonihthys lasoviza". FishBase. February 2022 version.