Fivebeard rockling (Ciliata mustela)

Scientific name: Ciliata mustela Linnaeus, 1758

Fivebeard rockling (Ciliata mustela)

The Fivebeard rockling (Ciliata mustela) is a marine fish of the family Lotidae. Native range: Northeast Atlantic, Lisbon north to Finnmark, around the British Isles, in the Skagerrak and Kattegat and Iceland.

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. One barbel on the lower jaw and four on the snout.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Ciliata mustela
Family
Lotidae (Hakes and burbots)
Order
Gadiformes (Cods)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
25.0
Common length
20
Depth range
17–22 m (56–72 ft)
Environment
Marine; demersal; oceanodromous; depth range 17 - 22 m
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Northeast Atlantic: Lisbon north to Finnmark, around the British Isles, in the Skagerrak and Kattegat and Iceland.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (tm=1; tmax=3; Fec=9,000-30,000)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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