African Armoured Searobin

Occurs in a shelf break front (Ref. 122864). Prefers muddy bottoms of the shelf and upper slope, occasionally on deeper waters (Ref. 86291). Also on rocky bottoms of the shelf (Ref. 122863).

Depth range from 50-600 m (Ref. 10780) and from 288-848 m in the eastern Ionian Sea (Ref. 56504). Gregarious. Occurs on muddy or rocky bottoms of the shelf. Digs the mud with its rostrum, searching for prey; stands and walks on the bottom with its free pectoral rays. After a pelagic existence, the juveniles live in coastal waters before migrating to deeper waters (Ref. 6556). Minimum depth range taken from Ref. 27000.

fisheries: subsistence fisheries