The tub gurnard was first formally described as Trigla lucerna in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae with the type locality given as the "Northern Ocean".

[7] The tub gurnard has a large, bony, triangular shaped head which bears many ridges and spines but which does not have an occipital groove.

[8] The lower three rays of the pectoral fins have developed into separate, finger-like processes that are packed with sensory organs with which the gurnard seems to "walk" while detecting prey in the sediment.

[12] After completing an experiment based on the gurnards dependency, subjects found that it does migrate between different Salinity habitats throughout its life cycle.

After completing an experiment based on the gurnard's dependency, subjects found that it does migrate between different Salinity habitats throughout its life cycle.

[13] Parasitic roundworm Hysterothylacium aduncum, found in the tub gurnard stomach, is typical for fish from south eastern Baltic.

According to a study in the northwestern Mediterranean, the largest part of their diet were crustaceans, mostly Decapoda and especially crabs, with species such as Goneplax rhomboides and Liocarcinus spp.

and caridean shrimps in the genus Philocheras, while the fish taken in the study were dominated by European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) and black goby (Gobius niger).

Although according to study done on trophic relationships on the C.lucerna, states that Burrowing species such as Alpheus glabe , Goneplax rhomboi and Lesueurigobius fries have also been found as the main prey of this fish.

[17] At an intraspecific level, data suggests resource partitioning between juveniles and adults that change from preying on crustaceans to a piscivorous diet.

[23] Although, the duration of the egg and larval stages depends on the temperature of their environment, where differences can alter the time that their characteristics are visible.

[11] The tub gurnard is targeted by commercial fisheres but the amount caught is relatively low, average declared global landings in 2011 to 2015 were 4429 tonnes.

[16] (Chelidonichthys lucerna) is an abundant coastal species distributed along the Mediterranean and Black Seas, and the eastern Atlantic coast.

[26] Tends to be caught as a discard in the Mediterranean as its usually thrown back into the sea or directly brought to port and marketed, at a very low price, for the preparation of soups.

[26] A study done on the quality of the gurnards meat states that it possess proximate and fatty acid compositions that both exhibit variations during seasons.

[27] Although its rarely commercialized in fillets, its flesh has high nutritional value and could be used to produce restructured products in a process that would result in the generation of various by-products, such as skins.

[12] To develop an estimate of the amount of tub gurnards in the Portuguese coast, their migratory movements were considered by which this study tested their dependency.

Resulting in the findings that this species due to migrating between different salinities in their environment was able to show their high ability to adapt.

Overall, the information provided by this study is essential to improving the conservation of C. lucerna, the most important commercial species in the Triglidae family in Portugal.