Alan Davidson

Blue-Mouth

Helicolenus dactylopterus (Delaroche)

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North Atlantic Seafood

By Alan Davidson

Published 1980

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Family Sebastidae

  • Portuguese: Cantarilho
  • Spanish: Gallineta
  • French: Sébaste chèvre, Rascasse du nord
  • German: Blaumaul
  • Polish: Sebdak
  • Russian: Sinerotӯ okun’
  • Finnish: Merikonna
  • Swedish: Blåkäft
  • Norwegian: Blåkjeft
  • Danish: Blåkæft
  • Other: Boca negra (Madeira)

REMARKS Maximum length 45 cm. The colour shades from red above to rose-pink below; but the mouth and pharynx are lead-blue.

This is a deep-water fish, which ranges from the Mediterranean to Norway and is also known in North American waters.