pirka

Painted comber Painted comber is a fish of an elongated body and head. It had a big mouth with pointed teeth. The body has 5-7 vertical tracery of brown- purple alternating with pale brownish background that goes into the whitish towards the belly. In the middle of the abdomen there is a bluish stain, and the head is covered with irregular reddish-brown and red markings. Painted comber is a true predator that feeds mostly on crustaceans and small fish, but it will strive towards anything resembling a meal. It can grow up to 36 cm, but ordinary specimens are smaller with average of about 25 cm weighing up to 35 grams. It lives at depths from 5 to 150 m, usually up to 50 m, on all types of terrain, always where is some kind of shelter. It hides in rocky places or in the seabed covered with algae (mainly Posidonia), lurking for prey. When you notice that painted comber stands motionless, fixing to a place, especially if there are more of them, then it is almost certain that there is an octopus nearby.

Pirka Pirka je riba izduženog tijela i glave sa vrlo velikim ustima u kojima se nalaze šiljati zubi. Na tijelu ima 5-7 okomitih šara smeđe-ljubičaste boje koje se izmjenjuju sa svijetlo smeđkastom pozadinom koja prema trbuhu ide u bjelkastu. Na sredini trbuha ima plavkastu mrlju, a glava je prekrivena nepravilnim crvenkasto-smeđim i crvenim šarama. Pirka je izrazit grabežljivac, a hrani se većinom manjim ribama i rakovima, ali će se zaletiti za svim što joj nalikuje na obrok. Naraste i do 36 cm, ali je većinom manja i prosječna joj je dužina oko 25 cm. Maksimalna težina je 35 dag. Živi na dubini od 5 do 150 m, najčešće do 50 m, na svim vrstama terena, obavezno uz neku vrstu zaklona. Skriva se na kamenitim mjestima ili u dnu obraslom algama (najčešće posidonijom), gdje vreba plijen Kada se primjeti pirku kako nepomično stoji, fiksirajući neko mjesto, a pogotovo ako to isto radi više njih, tada je gotovo sigurno da se na tom mjestu nalazi hobotnica.

Benthos