Chelidonichthys capensis, Cape gurnard Cape Gurnard flashing its pectorals
Description
English: Cape Gurnard showing the blue on its pectoral fins at Kruis, Rooi-els.
Date 2004
Author Peter Southwood https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pbsouthwood
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cape_Gurnard_flashing_its_pectorals_DSC08508.JPG
Chelidonichthys capensis, the Cape Gurnard, is a species of sea robin native to the Western Indian Ocean where they occur at depths of from 10–390 metres and in such countries as Mozambique and Namibia. The species is 75 centimetres TL in length and lives maximum to the age of 16. This species is of commercial importance as a food fish. Order: Scorpaeniformes, Family: Triglidae, Genus: Chelidonichthys, Species: Chelidonichthys capensis (Cuvier, 1829).
