Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 60. Belly with about 28 scutes. Lower jaw projecting, mouth pointing obliquely upward; no hypo-maxilla. Pectoral fin a little longer than head; dorsal fin origin about equidistant between caudal fin base and vertical from pectoral fin base (or 1 and 1/4 eye diameters behind midpoint of body); anal fin long, its origin nearer to snout tip than to caudal fin base.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Clupeiformes

Family: Pristigasteridae

Genus: Opisthopterus

Species: Opisthopterus macrops (Günther, 1867)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs in coastal waters (Ref. 9336).

Habitat

neritic