black sea red data book - Department of Biology

Trigla lucerna Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms: Trigla hirundo Bloch, 1758; Trigla corvus Risso, 1826; Trigla
poeciloptera Cuvier, 1829; Trigla corax Moreau, 1881; Trigla lucerna LeDanois,
1913; Chelidonichthys lucernus Richards, 1988
Common names: Bulg: Morska lystovitsa; Georg: Zgvis citeli mamali; Rom:
Randunica de mare; Türk: Kirlangic; Russ: Morskoy petukh
Taxonomic description. Body conical, head completely covered with more or less
spiny bony plates. The three lower rays of the pectoral fins completely free from the
interradial membrane. Lateral line smooth, without enlarged bony scales. Snout
terminates in two small lobes armed on their margin with spines and separated by a
shallow notch. Behind the head and immediately above the pectoral fin, a broad
coracoid spine, as long as eye diameter. Back and sides dull red or reddish-brown,
belly white, pectoral fins purple-red externally, inner side blue with a circular blackish
patch. Size maximum 65 cm; average about 30 cm.
IUCN Status
World level:
Black Sea Regional level:
Subregion level: VU
Distribution, Habitat type, Critical habitats, Limiting factors. A bottom species
occurring over sand, muddy-sand or gravel at depths from 5 to 200 m, most
commonly between 50 and 100 m. Common in the Mediterranean and the Sea of
Marmara, present in the eastern Atlantic from the British Isles to the coast of Senegal.
Threats: pollution, hypoxia.
Order SCORPAENIFORMES
Family TRIGLIDAE
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