Flying Gurnard Fish Mount 16
Price: $69.00
This Flying Gurnard fish mount is hand-made from Albizia Furcata wood. It is hand-painted using an air brush with a nitrocellulose lacquer top coat for a "wet-look" finish. This fish sculpture was carefully carved to create a fish replica. It is a half mount with a flat back with two holes for hanging on a wall. It is a beautiful hand-crafted piece of fish art that will surely get noticed by everyone who sees it.
| Length: | 16" (40 cm) |
| Height: | 11" (27 cm) |
| Thickness: | 2.5" (5 cm) |
| Weight: | 1.7 lb (0.8 kg) |
| Material: | Albasia Furcata Wood |
FISH FACTS
| Family: | Dactylopteridae |
| Genus: | Dactylopterus |
| Species: | volitans |
| Scientific Name: | Dactylopterus volitans |
| Length: | To 1' 6" (46 cm) |
| Weight: | To 4 lb (1.8 kg) |
| Habitat: | Over open bottoms from shallow waters to mid-depths; often around coral reefs.Young at surface. |
| Range: | North Carolina to Argentina, including Bermuda, Bahamas, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean; seasonally north to Maine and possibly eastern Canada. Also in eastern Atlantic and around Ascension Island in South Atlantic. |
| Comments: | This species is sufficiently distinct tht it should not be confused with any other fish. Flying Gurnard apparently employs the pelvic fins to move along the bottom, unlike searobins, which use the free pectoral "fingers" for this purpose. Adults feed primarily on bottom crustaceans, especially crabs, as well as clams and small fishes. |
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