Longspined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)

Scientific name: Taurulus bubalis Euphrasen, 1786

Longspined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis)

The Longspined bullhead (Taurulus bubalis) is a brackish-water fish of the family Cottidae.

Biology

Longest spine on the front gill cover reaches backwards to a point below the foremost part of the dorsal fin. Gill membranes joined to the throat, no bony knobs above or under the rough lateral line.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Taurulus bubalis
Family
Cottidae (Sculpins)
Order
Scorpaeniformes (Scorpionfishes and Flatheads)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
17.5
Common length
12.0
Depth range
0–200 m (0–656 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; demersal; non-migratory; depth range 0 - 200 m
Climate
Temperate
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Iceland, the Shetlands, from Murmansk southward to Portugal, also Baltic Sea northward to Gulf of Finland and northern Mediterranean coasts eastward to Gulf of Genoa.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Uses
Fisheries: of no interest; aquarium: public aquariums
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (K=0.21-.025)

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Sources

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

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