Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Synbranchiformes

Family: Synbranchidae

Genus: Ophisternon

Species: Ophisternon infernale (Hubbs, 1938)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Facultative air-breathing (Ref. 126274); Adults inhabit cave systems (Ref. 27297). The male guards and builds nest or burrow (Ref. 205).

Habitat

demersal