Triglidae

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Triglidae is a family of marine ray-finned fishes commonly known as gurnards or sea robins, characterized by bony heads and wing-like pectoral fins.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Triglidae canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
bodyShape elongate body with large head ⓘ
characteristic armored skull and cheeks ⓘ
bony head armor ⓘ
free lower pectoral fin rays used for walking or probing substrate ⓘ
large wing-like pectoral fins ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commercialUse bycatch in trawl fisheries ⓘ
food fish ⓘ
commonName gurnards ⓘ
sea robins ⓘ
diet benthic invertebrates ⓘ
small fishes ⓘ
distribution Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Indian Ocean ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ
ecologicalNiche demersal fish ⓘ
eyePosition large eyes on sides of head ⓘ
finType ray-finned ⓘ
geologicalTimeOfOrigin Cenozoic ⓘ
habitat marine ⓘ
hasNotableCommonSpecies Chelidonichthys cuculus ⓘ
linked to: Chelidonichthys

Chelidonichthys lucerna ⓘ
Prionotus carolinus ⓘ
hasNotableGenus Chelidonichthys ⓘ
Lepidotrigla ⓘ
Prionotus ⓘ
Trigla ⓘ
headArmor ossified plates and ridges ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
locomotion bottom-walking using free pectoral rays ⓘ
swimming with pectoral and caudal fins ⓘ
order Scorpaeniformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
relatedTo Peristediidae ⓘ
Scorpaenidae ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
sensoryAdaptation free pectoral fin rays with tactile function ⓘ
skeletonType bony fish ⓘ
soundProduction can produce grunting or croaking sounds ⓘ
substrateAssociation gravel bottoms ⓘ
muddy bottoms ⓘ
sandy bottoms ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ
typicalDepthRange shallow coastal waters to continental shelf depths ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Congiopodidae → relatedTo → Triglidae ⓘ