see text Triglidae, commonly known as gurnards or sea robins, are a family of bottom-feeding scorpaeniform ray-finned fish.

[5] They get one of their common names, sea robin, from the orange ventral surface of the species in the genus Prionotus, and from large pectoral fins which resemble a bird's wings.

[citation needed] They have an unusually solid skull, and many species also possess armored plates on their bodies.

A sexual dimorphism of swim bladder size is created due to the negative correlation being stronger in females then in males.

[13] These walking rays have specialized muscle divisions and unique anatomy that differ from typical fin-rays to allow them to be used as supportive structures during underwater locomotion.

[12] These walking rays have been shown to be used for locomotion as well as prey detection on the seafloor via chemoreception ("tasting") highly sensitive to the amino acids prevalent in some marine invertebrates.

[19] The different genera of gurnards have diverse offspring spawning periods, varying in length and time of year.

[20] Gurnard have firm white flesh that holds together well in cooking, making them well-suited to soups and stews.

[22] Gurnards also are now appearing in fish markets in the U.S. Sea robins can be caught by dropping a variety of baits and lures to the seafloor, where they actively feed.

Mackerel is believed to be the most efficient bait for catching sea robins, but crabs, bunker and other fish meat can also be used successfully depending on location.