Description

Anal soft rays: 10 - 11. Characterized by the following: 29-33 longitudinal scale rows; 18 predorsal scales; 10-11 anal fin rays; 18-20 pectoral fin rays (Ref. 75175).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiiformes

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Gorogobius

Species: Gorogobius nigricinctus (Delais, 1951)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs in intertidal rocks and pools. Also found ,on rocks, sand and girders in the sublittoral zone as well as in areas of heavy wave surge perhaps facultative on echinoderms (Ref. 5299).

Habitat

brackish