spiny gurnard

Lepidotrigla multispinosa

Triglid Fish from Three Hundred Thirty Five Meters

spiny gurnard is a marine fish from Western Indian Ocean. It inhabits marine waters. The largest recorded length is 16 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Perches and Allies
Family: Triglidae
Genus: Lepidotrigla
Maximum length: 16 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: coast of east Africa southward to Mozambique and Natal, South Africa (Ref. 4316 ). New collections provide northward distributional extension to the Horn of Africa (Somalia), and along the southwestern coast of Madagascar (Ref. 9204 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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