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Akko brevis (Günther, 1864)

Description

Distinguished by the following characteristics: very small eyes; light pink body color with darker red areas composed of blood capillaries close to surface; elongate body; first dorsal with VII spines; upper and lower jaws with enlarged, widely spaced teeth that overlap the lips of both jaws; greatly reduced head pores, occasionally absent (Ref. 92840).

Common Names

  • 短似鰕虎魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 短似鰕虎鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Gobiiformes

    Family: Gobiidae

    Genus: Akko

    Species: Akko brevis (Günther, 1864)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Eastern Central Pacific: known from the type specimen taken from Panama.

    • Biology

    Inhabit black mud, living in burrows (Ref. 92840).

    Habitat

    demersal