Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Cottoidei

Family: Hexagrammidae

Genus: Hexagrammos

Species: Hexagrammos agrammus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits seaweed beds of coastal waters. Juveniles occasionally seen among floating seaweed. A food fish; taken by angling (Ref. 559, 637).

Habitat

demersal