Description

Dorsal spines (total): 20 - 21; Dorsal soft rays (total): 40 - 42; Anal soft rays: 38 - 40.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiiformes

Family: Microdesmidae

Genus: Gunnellichthys

Species: Gunnellichthys curiosus Dawson, 1968

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found over sand and rubble slopes (Ref. 48637, 58302) or mud bottoms and take refuge in burrows (Ref. 2334). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Solitary or paired. Feed primarily on benthic and pelagic crustaceans (Ref. 37816).

Habitat

associated