South Australian Cobbler Article Index for
South Australian
Website Links For
South Australian
 

Information About

South Australian Cobbler




  Name South Australian cobbler
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Actinopterygii
  Ordo Scorpaeniformes
  Familia Tetrarogidae
  Genus '' Gymnapistes ''
  Species '''''G marmoratus'''''
  Binomial ''Gymnapistes marmoratus''
  Binomial Authority ( Cuvier , 1829 )


The South Australian cobbler ''Gymnapistes marmoratus'' ( Cuvier 1829 ), often just called "cobbler" in Australia, is a brown coloured Fish that lives in Estuaries in southern Australia, both on the eastern ( New South Wales ) and western ( Western Australia - near Perth ) coasts. Its Dorsal Fin 's spines are poisonous.

This species lies motionless through the day, becoming active at night, when the smaller ones eat shrimp and crabs, while the larger cobblers eat other fish. They spawn in August and September.

The submarine USS ''Cobbler'' (SS-344) was named after the fish.

Another Cobbler is an unrelated species of catfish, also found in Australia. Some species of '' Trachinotus '' are also called "cobblers" in the Caribbean.


REFERENCES




EXTERNAL LINKS