Fivebeard rockling

In colour it is has a dark brown back, with a reddish or blackish underside merging with a pale gray-brown.

The Fivebeard rockling lives in the demersal, oceanodromous, marine, depth range 17 - 22 m environment.

The fivebeard rockling (Ciliata mustela) is a coastal fish of the Lotidae family. Its body is elongated and up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) long. It lives in shallow water on muddy and sandy seafloors, sometimes in the littoral zone. More

Common names

Donnán cúig ribe in Gaelic, Irish
Donnán cúig ribe in Irish (Gaeilge)
Femtömmad skärlånga in Swedish (Svenska)
Femtrådet havkvabbe in Danish (dansk)
Femtradet Hawkvabbe in Danish (dansk)
Femtrådet tangbrosme in Norwegian (Norsk)
Firtraadet Tang-Brosme in Norwegian (Norsk)
Five-bear cockling in English
Five-bearded rockling in English
Five-bearded rockling in Ukrainian (українська мова)
Fivebeard rockling in English
fivebearded rockling in English
Fünfbärtelige Seequappe in German (Deutsch)
Gaïdourópsaro in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Gaïdourópsaro in Greek, Modern (1453)
Gelincik in Turkish (Türkçe)
Hornabrosma in Faroese (Føroyskt)
Keilubró›ir in Icelandic (Íslenska)
Keilubróðir in Icelandic (Íslenska)
Keilubróõir in Icelandic (Íslenska)
Laibeque in Portuguese (Português)
Laibeque-de-cinco-barbilhos in Portuguese (Português)
Live-bearded rockling in English
lochen in Breton (brezhoneg)
Lompje in Dutch (Nederlands)
Madreanguila in Spanish (español)
Mollareta in Spanish (español)
Motella in Italian (Italiano)
motelle in French (français)
Motelle à cinq barbillons in French (français)
Onos a. mostelka in Polish (polski)
Rockling in English
Ugorova mater in Serbian (српски језик)
Viisiviiksimade in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Vijfdradige meun in Dutch (Nederlands)
Zeepuitaal in Dutch (Nederlands)
鼬五须岩鳕 in Mandarin Chinese
鼬五鬚岩鱈 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Gadiformes
Family : Lotidae
Genus : Ciliata
Species : Ciliata mustela
Authority : Linnaeus, 1758