Description

With small inconspicuous blotches; gill opening far forward on underside of head. No paired fins (Ref. 26938).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Synbranchiformes

Family: Synbranchidae

Genus: Ophisternon

Species: Ophisternon aenigmaticum Rosen & Greenwood, 1976

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Found in a variety of habitats from standing water in small muddy pools to clear running water in streams and larger bodies of water such as lakes (Ref. 79717). The male guards and builds nest or burrow (Ref. 205).

Habitat

brackish