Author: (Linnaeus, 1758)
FBname: Fivebeard rockling
Comments: A resident intertidal species with homing behavior (Ref. 32612).  Generally close to the shore, not descending to great depths beyond the limits of the distribution of green algae (20 m), preferring rock bottoms but also living on sandy, muddy, and shell gravel bottoms.  Feed mainly on crustaceans, sometimes also on algae, polychaetes, gastropods and occasionally, small fish.  Occurs in temperatures ranging from 8 to 24°C (Ref. 4944).