Description

Dorsal spines (total): 12 - 14; Dorsal soft rays (total): 19 - 22; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 21 - 25. Head without cirri and crest. Lower end of gill opening usually opposite 2nd or 3rd pectoral fin ray. Sensory pores in infraorbital and interorbital canals usually 8 and 3 respectively. Lateral line tubes 0 to 4.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Blenniiformes

Family: Blenniidae

Genus: Omobranchus

Species: Omobranchus loxozonus (Jordan & Starks, 1906)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Adults are common in rocky shore areas. Attain less than 8 cm TL. 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