Description

Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20 - 23; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 21 - 24. Head without cirri. Jaws with immovable comb-like teeth and a pair of canines posteriorly. Gill opening restricted; lower end usually opposite 3rd pectoral fin ray. Sensory pores in infraorbital and interorbital canals mostly 7 and 3 respectively. Both sexes without occipital crest.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Blenniiformes

Family: Blenniidae

Genus: Omobranchus

Species: Omobranchus elegans (Steindachner, 1876)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Common in rocky shore areas. Adults feed on algae and detritus (Ref. 9137). Oviparous. Eggs are demersal and adhesive (Ref. 205), and are attached to the substrate via a filamentous, adhesive pad or pedestal (Ref. 94114). Larvae are planktonic, often found in shallow, coastal waters (Ref. 94114).

Habitat

demersal