Description

Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18 - 19; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 20 - 22. Body with broad, irregular, dusky bands anteriorly. Males with dusky spot in middle of soft dorsal fin (Ref. 4404).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Blenniiformes

Family: Blenniidae

Genus: Omobranchus

Species: Omobranchus fasciolatus (Valenciennes, 1836)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Adults are known from shallow water with rocky bottom, sometimes in tide pools (Ref. 11441). 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