Fish of the Chelidonichthys (smallscaled gurnards) genus of the Triglidae (sea robins or gurnards) family of the suborder Scorpaenoidei of the Scorpaeniformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Longfin gurnard. Photo by Carlos L. Hernández-González. fishbase.org)
Longfin gurnard (Chelidonichthys obscurus) was first described in 1792 by the German physician, naturalist and zoologist Johann Julius Walbaum (1724-1799).
It inhabits the depths of up to 170 meters. It prefers to swim close to the sandy and oozy bottom near the stones. The maximum recorded length is 34 cm. It feeds on bottom crustaceans and other invertebrates, small fish.
(Longfin gurnard. Photo by © Marco Cruscanti. fishbase.org)
It is a permanent rare inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea, which is more often found in its southern part.
When it’s taken out of the water, it makes sounds resembling grunts.
Names of longfin gurnard (Chelidonichthys obscurus) in other languages as follows:
Gjel dallendyshe (Albanian), Ιστιοκαπόνι (Istiokaponi) (Greek), Arete aleton (Spanish), Capone gavotta (Italian), Langflossen-Knurrhahn (German), Kurek sinopłetwy (Polish), Cabra-de-bandeira (Portuguese), Тёмный морской петух (Tjomniy morskoj petuh) (Russian), Kokot barjaktar (Serbian, Croatian), Dolgoplavuti krulec (Slovenian), Grondin sombre (French).