Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 49 - 54; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 24 - 27. Bluish or greenish above, more or less silvery; silver lateral stripe (Ref. 5465).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei

Family: Ammodytidae

Genus: Gymnammodytes

Species: Gymnammodytes capensis (Barnard, 1927)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits shallow coastal waters, mainly on sandy bottoms (Ref. 27121).

Habitat

demersal