Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 21. Caudal fin rounded (Ref.5377).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Batrachoidiformes

Family: Batrachoididae

Genus: Halobatrachus

Species: Halobatrachus didactylus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Sedentary species which occurs on soft sand or mud, often partly buried or concealed in rock crevices, solitary in shallow water. Feeds on crustaceans, mollusks and small fishes (Ref. 7405). The female lays eggs which are large enough and which are turned over to the males who guard them (Ref. 5377). A species that is not venomous (Dr. Andread Kunznmann, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), pers. communication 10/2021).

Habitat

demersal