gurnard - predatory fish relating to the order scorpaeniformes.The second of its name - TRIGLA.It can be considered both ugly and beautiful, no doubt, exotic.The pectoral fins in her large, reminiscent of wings.They are moving away from the bottom three unrelated fingerlike "pen", the so-called "legs".The head is large, flattened on the sides.The huge mouth with a cut upper lip overhanging the bottom, located across the head.A huge forehead is not characteristic of the fish.Her eyes are large, mobile, and above them there are sharp thorns, a protective function.
gurnard has a fusiform body.Along it in two lines are drawn spikes, which is located between the dorsal fin, which consists of a high barbed-front and low, reaching to the back of the tail.Swallowtail well developed.
in color observed the predominance of brick-red color, and is closer to the tail - brown.Abdomen silvery white or light pink.Gill fins folded reach the tail on the outside, they are the same color as the belly.In expanded form in the upper surface of sirenevato tones becomes purple.On the edge of the fin is blue edging.This is such an unusual appearance is gurnard.Photo shows all its originality.
«legs» of his irreplaceable while hunting for sedentary organisms.Predator hunts and fishes, usually at a depth of about 20 m. Waiting victim gurnard falls to the bottom or gets into algae.Red mullet digging in the sand, and shrimp - the best food for him.Seeing the prey, it gives her a lightning, rebounding from the bottom "legs".With the rapid movement of the fins are formed and do not interfere.Stuffed belly exotic fish resting in the seaweed.
gurnard not only swimming, but also fly.Wanting to drive the small fish, he jumped out of the water, dissolve the "wings" and fly above the sea surface.Overcoming 15-18 meters, it falls with the water spray.The flight speed of up to 40 km / h.
Surprisingly, the gurnard is able to produce sounds similar to snoring, grunting, or a rumbling growl.In this way he gives his location.The sounds he makes throughout the year, not only in the mating season, and spawning.For this ability also called sea cuckoo.
mature males are gurnard to three years, females - to four.They spawn in the summer at a depth of 15-20 m. The females spawn several times (up to 4) for the season.Eggs can be up to 14 thousand, they ripen a week later hatch into fry.Incredibly, the young aged 2-3 weeks - replicas of their parents.Young growth is near the bottom.
gurnard can grow to 75 cm and reach 5.5 kg.But in the Black Sea are usually caught specimens up to 35 cm and weighing up to 1 kg.
Hold the fish are usually in packs at a depth of 5 to 60 m. Preference is given to areas of the sea with a sandy bottom, and aquatic vegetation.When cold weather go to a depth of 100 m.
French and Turks believe the meat tender gurnard, similar in taste to steam chicken.Perhaps this happened its name, not from the exterior and the "voice".
