Hysterocarpus traskii Gibbons, 1854
Description
Common Names
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Teleostei
Order: Ovalentaria/misc
Family: Embiotocidae
Genus: Hysterocarpus
Species: Hysterocarpus traskii Gibbons, 1854
Climate Zone
Location
Biology
Inhabits mud- to gravel-bottomed pools and runs of small to large, low-elevation rivers and lakes. Usually occurs near emergent aquatic plants or overhanging banks. Rarely enters brackish water (Ref. 86798). Viviparous, female carries the developing young (Ref. 205).
Habitat
brackish