Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiiformes

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Gillichthys

Species: Gillichthys detrusus Gilbert & Scofield, 1898

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Occurs at low tide in deep channels produced by the 10 meter tidal amplitude in the Colorado River estuary. Bottom with fine, silty sediments and turbid conditions are prevalent (Ref. 90849).

Habitat

freshwater