Description

Vertebrae: 109.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Chlopsidae

Genus: Kaupichthys

Species: Kaupichthys japonicus Matsubara & Asano, 1960

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Specimens collected in a pool surrounded by coral heads with fine sandy bottom. Apparently spawns in the summer (Ref. 41416).

Habitat

benthopelagic