Description

Dorsal spines (total): 8 - 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 9; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 13 - 16. Suprapectoral plates absent. Pectoral fin with 5 rows of blackish-brown spots. Resembles O. iburia in having blackish-brown spots on the pectoral fin, but differs by having no sub pectoral plate, 42 or fewer lateral line plates, and 30 to 37 supralateral plates.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Cottoidei

Family: Agonidae

Genus: Occella

Species: Occella dodecaedron (Tilesius, 1813)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

demersal