Scientific Name
Ciliata mustela
Common Name
Fivebeard rockling
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 0;
Anal
spines: 0. Head relatively small, more than five times in SL. No lobed fold of skin above the upper lip. First fin ray followed by a row of small, fleshy filaments. Dark brown dorsally, reddish to blackish grading to pale gray-brown ventrally (Ref. 1371). One barbel on the lower jaw and four on the snout (Ref. 35388).