Description

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. Variable brownish-gray in color, sometimes with violet tinged (Ref. 9002).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Serranoidei

Family: Anthiadidae

Genus: Hypoplectrodes

Species: Hypoplectrodes jamesoni Ogilby, 1908

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs inshore near reefs (Ref. 7300). Estuarine species, usually in sponges (Ref. 9002). Benthic (Ref. 75154).

Habitat

brackish