Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Atheriniformes

Family: Atherinidae

Genus: Kestratherina

Species: Kestratherina brevirostris Pavlov, Ivantsoff, Last & Crowley, 1988

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found mainly in sheltered coastal bays and clear marine estuaries (Ref. 9002). Also in schools in rocky, sandy vegetated areas (Ref. 9002).

Habitat

brackish