Description

Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8. Pale pink to brown-red with indistinct banding (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 maccullochi (Whitley, 1929)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits shallow coastal and estuarine rocky reefs (Ref. 9002). Common in sponge areas, sometimes in loose aggregations (Ref. 9002).

Habitat

brackish