Fish of the Trigla genus of the Triglidae (sea robins or gurnards) family of the suborder Scorpaenoidei of the Scorpaeniformes order of the Acanthopterygii superorder.
(Piper gurnard. Photo by © Jeff Dubosc. allfishes.net)
Piper gurnard (Trigla lyra) was first described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778).
It inhabits the depth of 100-700 meters, usually 150-400 meters. It prefers to swim close to the oozy and sandy bottom. The maximum recorded length is 60 cm, specimens up to 30 cm long are more common. It feeds on shrimps and crabs.
(Piper gurnard. Photo by © Akin T. Ilkyaz. fishbase.org)
It is a permanent inhabitant of the Adriatic Sea.
When it’s taken out of the water, it makes sounds resembling grunts.
Names of piper gurnard (Trigla lyra) in other languages as follows:
Peshku gjeluc (Albanian), Λυροκαπόνι (Lyrokaponi) (Greek), Garneo (Spanish), Capone lira (Italian), Leierknurrhahn (German), Kurek jeżyk (Polish), Peixe-cabra (Portuguese), Тригла-лира (Trigla-lira) (Russian), Lastavica prasica (Serbian, Croatian), Lirasti krulec (Slovenian), Öksüz balığı (Turkish), Grondin lyre (French).