Description

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Common Names

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Peshku bajrak , Albanian , Albania

Pikaloshja , Albanian , Albania

Lluert , Catalan , Spain

Acciartula , Corsican , France

Pescada , Creole, Portuguese , Cape Verde

Barjaktarka , Croatian , Croatia

Royal flagfinnefisk , Danish , Denmark

Mediterranean flagfin , English , Azores Is.

Mediterranean flagfin , English , UK

Royal flagfin , English , UK

Royal flagfin , English , UK

Yellowfin Aulopus , English , Cuba

Yellowfin aulopus , English , USA

Harilik niitpuri , Estonian , Estonia

Limbert , French , France

Limbert royal , French , Global

Limbert royal , French , France

Faden-Segelfisch , German , Germany

Mittelmeer-Fahnenflosser , German , Germany

Stiktogourlomatis , Greek , Greece

Στικτογουρλομάτης , Greek , Greece

Lacerta , Italian , Italy

Lacerto , Italian , Italy

Merluzzo imperiale , Italian , Italy

Tiru i funnu , Italian , Italy

Zumbrell , Maltese , Malta

丝鳍仙女鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

絲鰭仙女魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

黃鰭仙女魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

黄鳍仙女鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Lagarto do alto , Portuguese , Azores Is.

Lagarto-do-mar , Portuguese , Cape Verde

Lagarto-do-mar , Portuguese , Portugal

Lagarto-do-mar , Portuguese , Madeira Is.

Peixe-lagarto , Portuguese , Cape Verde

Trigghia pisciazzara , Sicilian , Italy

Aulopus amarillento , Spanish , Cuba

Lagarto de hondura , Spanish , Canary Is.

Lagarto real , Spanish , Spain

Lagarto real , Spanish , Canary Is.

Ojo de piedra , Spanish , Canary Is.

Derinsu zurna balığı , Turkish , Turkey

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Aulopiformes

Family: Aulopidae

Genus: Aulopus

Species: Aulopus filamentosus (Bloch, 1792)

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Eastern Atlantic: Canary Islands south to Cape Verde and Senegal. Also recorded from the Mediterranean. Western Central Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean (Ref. 3814).

Biology

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Found on continental shelf and upper slope (Ref. 6687).

Habitat

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demersal