Prionotus és un gènere de peixos pertanyent a la família dels tríglids.
Es troba a les aigües tropicals i temperades del Nou Món.[3]
Prionotus és un gènere de peixos pertanyent a la família dels tríglids.
Prionotus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Triglidae, one of two genera belonging to the subfamily Prionotinae, the searobins. These fishes are found in the Western Atlantic Ocean and eastern Pacific Ocean, in the waters off both North and South America.
Prionotus was first described as a genus in 1801 by the French naturalist Bernard Germain de Lacépède, Lacépède described it as a monotypic genus with Trigla evolans, described by Linnaeus in 1766, as its type species.The genus is one of 2 genera classified within the subfamily Prionotinae, the searobins, in the gurnard family Triglidae.[1] The genus name is a compound of prion, “saw”, and notus, “back”, as Lacépède saw three free dorsal spines when he was describing the type species P. evolans but these were probably the result of damage to the specimen.[2]
There are currently 23 recognized species in this genus:[3]
P. murielae is based on a single holotype and in 2020 it was proposed that this was a juvenile of P. ophyras,[4] and this taxon is treated as a junior synonym of P. ophryas.[5]
Prionotus searobins have a large, nearly square head, Bonny head which bears a number of spines and ridges with a wide inter orbital space. The mouth is either terminal or slightly inferior with simple teeth on the jaws and on the roof of the mouth. There are 2 separate dorsal fins, the first with normally 10, sometimes 9 or 11, spines, although the very short rear spines are very difficult to discern. The second dorsal fin has 11 to 13 soft rays. The long pectoral fins extend beyond the middle of the base of the anal fin and contains, 13-14 rays within its membrane and 2-3 enlarged, rays at the bottom of the fin that are free from its membrane. Most of the body is covered in rough scales including the upper rear flap of the operculum over the spine with scales and the nape.[6] The largest species is the common sea robin (P. ruscarius) of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, which has a maximum published total length of 30.5 cm (12.0 in), while the smallest is P. murielae with a maximum published total length of 6 cm (2.4 in).[3]
Prionotus sea robins are found in the tropical and temperate waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Western Pacific Ocean off both North and South America.[3] These benthic fishes occur in inshore waters, bays, and estuaries.[7] Fossils of Prionotus have been found in England and along the Atlantic Cast of the United States from Florida to New Jersey.[8]
Prionotus are able to create grunting vocalisations by vibrating the swim bladder with certain muscles, this sounds like the croaking of a frog and has is the origin of the alternative common name of gurnard, derived from a French word meaning, “to grunt”. These fishes are less active in the daylight hours and are mostly nocturnal, using their enlarged separate pectoral fin rays to walk along the substrate and detect prey buries in the sand or mud. These rays can manipulate objects and detect prey using chemoreception , The bony, square head can be used to excavate small prey items from the substrate and their rather catholic diet includes crustaceans, cephalopods, gastropods, bivalves, amphipods, eggs, other fish and seaweed, juveniles eat more copepods. Their sharp spines seem to deter most predators but they are preyed on by some sharks.[7]
When they are mating they are known to make a staccato call, different from their typical grunts. They spawn between late spring and early fall, with activity peaking in July and August. They are batch spawners, the females have a few ripe eggs at a time and these are fertilized externally. The pelagic eggs are yellow, and have a diameter of less than 1 millimeter. They take around 60 hours to hatch and there is no parental care. The hatchling larvae are between 2 and 3 mm (0.079 and 0.118 in) in length. The walking rays develop when the larvae reach a length of 150 mm (5.9 in) and they attain sexual maturity around 2 or 3 years old, and may live for up to 11 years, though they usually they only live around 8 years.[7]
Prionotus is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Triglidae, one of two genera belonging to the subfamily Prionotinae, the searobins. These fishes are found in the Western Atlantic Ocean and eastern Pacific Ocean, in the waters off both North and South America.
Prionotus es un género de peces de la familia Triglidae, del orden Scorpaeniformes. Este género marino fue descrito científicamente en 1801 por Bernard Germain de Lacépède.
Por sus aletas pectorales que utilizan para su locomoción, por evolución convergente presentan una semejanza con camarones y langostinos.
Las aletas pectorales son de gran tamaño y los radios inferiores de estas pueden ser totalmente libres y moverse independientemente como rudimentarias extremidades, las cuales les sirven como órganos táctiles y de locomoción; permitiéndole desplazarse con gran habilidad por el lecho del mar.
Especies reconocidas del género:[1]
Prionotus es un género de peces de la familia Triglidae, del orden Scorpaeniformes. Este género marino fue descrito científicamente en 1801 por Bernard Germain de Lacépède.
Por sus aletas pectorales que utilizan para su locomoción, por evolución convergente presentan una semejanza con camarones y langostinos.
Las aletas pectorales son de gran tamaño y los radios inferiores de estas pueden ser totalmente libres y moverse independientemente como rudimentarias extremidades, las cuales les sirven como órganos táctiles y de locomoción; permitiéndole desplazarse con gran habilidad por el lecho del mar.
Prionotus est un genre de poissons téléostéens de la famille des Triglidae.
La plupart des espèces de ce genre sont appelées grondin en français.
Prionotus est un genre de poissons téléostéens de la famille des Triglidae.
La plupart des espèces de ce genre sont appelées grondin en français.
Prionotus is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van ponen (Triglidae).[1] Het geslacht is voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven in 1801 door Bernard Germain de Lacépède.
De volgende soorten zijn bij het geslacht ingedeeld:
Prionotus is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van ponen (Triglidae). Het geslacht is voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven in 1801 door Bernard Germain de Lacépède.
Prionotus – rodzaj morskich ryb skorpenokształtnych z rodziny kurkowatych (Triglidae).
Gatunki zaliczane do tego rodzaju [2]:
Prionotus – rodzaj morskich ryb skorpenokształtnych z rodziny kurkowatych (Triglidae).