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Andamia tetradactylus (Bleeker, 1858)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 16 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17 - 18; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 24 - 25.

Common Names

  • Four-fingered lipsucker , English , Global
  • Yodarekake , Japanese , Japan
  • 四指唇盘鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 四指唇盤鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 四指唇盤鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , Taiwan/Ch Taipei

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Blenniiformes

    Family: Blenniidae

    Genus: Andamia

    Species: Andamia tetradactylus (Bleeker, 1858)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Pacific: Ryukyu Islands and Indonesia.

    • Biology

    Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Found on rocks in the surf line constantly washed by sprays or breakers. Attains less than 12 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