Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 9. Body similar to gobioid fishes. No scales on body, but with many well-developed pit organs on head and body. The fan-like caudal fin has many procurrent rays. There is a single downward short spine on the preopercular edge, and many dark-brownish pigments on the caudal peduncle.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Kurtiformes

Family: Apogonidae

Genus: Gymnapogon

Species: Gymnapogon japonicus Regan, 1905

Climate Zone

Biology

Sometimes taken by trawl net, and found in the open sea (Ref. 559).

Habitat

benthopelagic

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless