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Five-bearded rockling

Ciliata mustela


Where is it found?

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Marine

Diet and foraging method

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Pick up prey from the seabed.
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Key adaptations

The five-bearded rockling has five barbels around its mouth which give the fish its name, and allow them to sense for food on the sea bottom. 

Social organisation and mating system

N/A

Taxonomy

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Picture credits:

Maps from: http://species.mol.org/species/
"Ciliata mustela" by artvintage1800s.etsy.com - Flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ciliata_mustela.jpg#/media/File:Ciliata_mustela.jpg
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