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Mediterranean Bigeye Rockling

Gaidropsarus macrophthalmus

Also known as: Bigeye Rockling, Spotted Rockling, Gaidropsarus biscayensis

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@xusid · Ria Formosa nature park, Portugal · May 20231 / 1
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Overview

Found in offshore waters, over coral, mud, and shell bottoms.

These rocklings have a scaleless slimy body!

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
speckled

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Central Atlantic, Mediterranean
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Found in offshore waters, over coral, mud, and shell bottoms.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderGadiformes
    5. familyGaidropsaridae
    6. genusGaidropsarus
    7. speciesGaidropsarus macrophthalmus (Günther, 1867)

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