Triglidae

Thesaurus

Noun

Triglidae - in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins)family Triglidaefish family - any of various families of fishScorpaenoidea, suborder Scorpaenoidea - mail-cheeked fishes: scorpionfishes; gurnardsgurnard - bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottomgenus Triga, Triga - type genus of the Triglidaesubfamily Triglinae, Triglinae - in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising searobins having ordinary scales and no barbels (true searobins)genus Prionotus, Prionotus - a genus of TriglidaePeristediinae, subfamily Peristediinae - in some classifications considered a subfamily of Triglidae comprising the armored searobinsgenus Peristedion, Peristedion - in some classifications the type genus of the subfamily Peristediinae: armored sea robins

Triglidae

[′trig·lə‚dē] (vertebrate zoology) The searobins, a family of perciform fishes in the suborder Cottoidei.

Triglidae

(searobins, gurnards), a family of marine fishes of the order Perciformes. The body, which is spindle-shaped and covered with scales or plates, measures approximately 90 cm in length. The fingerlike lower rays of the ventral fin enable the fish to crawl on the bottom and also serve as organs of sense and taste. In deep-sea members of the genus Peristedion the entire body is covered with bony plates. Some species are capable of gliding in the air a short distance.

Members of the family are found in seas of the subtropical and temperate zones; in the USSR they are encountered in the Black Sea, the Baltic Sea, various seas of the Far East, and occasionally the Barents Sea. The eggs are pelagic. The fish feed on invertebrates and small fishes. They are fished commercially. The flesh is very tasty.

REFERENCE

Zhizn’ zhivotnykh, vol. 4, part 1. Moscow, 1971.

Triglidae

noun

Synonyms for Triglidae

noun in some classifications restricted to the gurnards and subdivided into the subfamilies Triglinae (true sea robins) and Peristediinae (armored sea robins)

Synonyms

family Triglidae

Related Words

fish family
Scorpaenoidea
suborder Scorpaenoidea
gurnard
genus Triga
Triga
subfamily Triglinae
Triglinae
genus Prionotus
Prionotus
Peristediinae
subfamily Peristediinae
genus Peristedion
Peristedion