Description

Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 16; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 18. A few bony plates usually present on median line of interorbital space (Ref. 559). Supraocular cirrus absent in adults (Ref. 559). Three pairs of bony tubercles on occiput (Ref. 559). Cleithral spine not developed (Ref. 559). In males, spatulate cirri present on pectoral axil (Ref. 559).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Cottoidei

Family: Cottidae

Genus: Gymnocanthus

Species: Gymnocanthus pistilliger (Pallas, 1814)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

demersal