Description

Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 37 - 43; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 35 - 41; Vertebrae: 32. Pectoral -fin rays free and silk-like. Dorsal and anal fins with chocolate-brown distal margins. Top of skull bony, adductor mandibulae complex not originating from frontal bone as in congeners. Epineurals present from 1st precaudal vertebrae to 10th caudal vertebrae. Pelvic fin long when compared with O. rebecca. Cycloid scales embedded on head and body. Eyes rudimentary but distinct, covered by skin. Several short barbels may be present on underside of chin (Ref. 45323).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiiformes

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Odontamblyopus

Species: Odontamblyopus roseus (Valenciennes, 1837)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)

Habitat

benthopelagic