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Chelidonichthys kumu (Cuvier, 1829)

Bluefin gurnard
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Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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New Zealand country information

Common names: Gurnard, Kumukumu, Red gurnard
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Armitage, R.O., D.A. Payne, G.J. Lockley, H.M. Currie, R.L. Colban, B.G. Lamb and L.J. Paul (eds.), 1994
Aquaculture: | Ref:
Regulations: | Ref:
Uses: gamefish: yes;
Comments: Widespread in coastal waters throughout New Zealand (Ref. 9258). The species is a major by-catch of inshore trawl fisheries. Caught throughout the year (Ref. 9258). Recorded in trawl surveys in Chatham Islands (Ref. 45493) and off the east coast of South Island (Ref. 58461). The results of the 1991-92 recreational fishing survey did not indicate red gurnard as a species of importance to recreational fishery. Voucher specimen(s) held at the NMNZ. Also Ref. 8879, 9072, 75154.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Paulin, C., A. Stewart, C. Roberts and P. McMillan, 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classificação / Names Nomes comuns | Sinónimos | Catalog of Fishes(Género, Espécies) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Perciformes/Scorpaenoidei (Scorpionfishes) > Triglidae (Searobins) > Triglinae
Etymology: Chelidonichthys: Greek, chelidon, -onos = swift, as black as a swift + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Cuvier.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marinhas; estuarina demersal; intervalo de profundidade 1 - 200 m (Ref. 4316), usually 75 - 150 m (Ref. 33616).   Subtropical; 34°N - 43°S, 15°E - 154°W

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