Distribution:

Eastern Atlantic: English Channel southward round the Cape of Good Hope to Natal, South Africa, including Azores, Madeira and the Canaries. Also in the Mediterranean and western Black Sea and possibly in the Red Sea.

Diagnosis:

Dorsal spines (total): 10-10; Dorsal softrays (total): 13-15; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft-rays: 7-8.

Biology:

Found on the shelf and upper slope on rocks, Posidonia beds, sand and mud bottoms. Feeds on fishes, cephalopods and crustaceans.

Max. size: 40.0 cm

Environment: demersal; depth range - 500 m

Climate: deep-water; 57°N - 35°S

Canary Islands country information: Name: Cabrilla