Note:

Muso allungato, si distingue dal Capune ubriaco col quale condivide il sistema di deambulazione "camminando" sulle pinne anteriori trasformate in arti motori, se allarmato spicca il "volo" allargando le pinne laterali.

Tassonomia:

Domain: Eukaryota - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
Kingdom: Animalia - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
Subkingdom: Bilateria - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
Branch: Deuterostomia - Grobben, 1908
Infrakingdom: Chordonia - (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
Phylum: Chordata - Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
Subphylum: Vertebrata - Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata - Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Huxley, 1880 - Bony Fishes
Class: Actinopterygii - Huxley, 1880 - Ray-Finned Fishes
Subclass: Actinopterygii - Ray-Finned Fishes
Infraclass: Actinopteri
Cohort: Clupeocephala
Superorder: Acanthopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Suborder: Platycephaloidei
Family: Triglidae - Searobins
Genus: Chelidonichthys - (McClelland, 1844)
Specific name: lucernus - (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scientific name: - Chelidonichthys lucernus (Linnaeus, 1758)