Scientific Name
Lepidotrigla mulhalli

Common Name
Rough-snouted gurnard

Biology
Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-15; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 15; Vertebrae: 31. Snout profile and interorbit, straight to convex. Body is mottled pink, dark red above and whitish below (Ref. 33616).

Classification

Classified By

Macleay, 1884

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Scorpionfishes and Flatheads (Scorpaeniformes)

Family

Searobins (Triglidae)

Distribution

Region

Southwest Pacific

Distribution

Southwest Pacific: southeastern Australia, including Victoria and Tasmania.

Range

32°S - 43°S

Environment

Climate

Temperate

Water Temperature From

Unknown °C

Water Temperature To

Unknown °C

Depth From - meters

10 m

Depth To - meters

210 m

Zone

demersal

Environment

Marine; demersal; depth range 10 - 210 m (Ref. 9563)

Trophic Level

3.45 s.e. 0.48 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

True

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

False

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

False

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

20.0 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 0.5000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Fisheries: of no interest

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (24 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Not Evaluated