Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 53 - 59; Anal soft rays: 27 - 32; Vertebrae: 64 - 68. Ventrolateral skin-folds extending well beyond pectoral fins to anus. Lateral line branched. Back golden brown or greenish, belly silvery, head usually dark blue.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Uranoscopoidei

Family: Ammodytidae

Genus: Gymnammodytes

Species: Gymnammodytes cicerelus (Rafinesque, 1810)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found over shell-gravel and coarse sand bottoms (Ref. 6450). Minimum depth from Ref. 122877.

Habitat

demersal