Description

Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9. Body with 4 - 5 longitudinal dark stripes, sometimes with 1 vertical dark band on caudal peduncle. Apparent procumbent spinelike process. No scales on maxilla. Ten chin pores, often slitlike pores posteriorly. Poorly developed papillae and barbels on the fleshy lower lip. No dark margin on dorsal, caudal and anal fins (Ref. 36944).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Acanthuriformes

Family: Lobotidae

Genus: Hapalogenys

Species: Hapalogenys kishinouyei Smith & Pope, 1906

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits sandy and muddy areas in coastal waters (Ref. 9137, 11230).

Habitat

benthopelagic