Description

Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 9. SL to about 40 mm.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiiformes

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Opua

Species: Opua nephodes Jordan, 1925

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Lives in shallow protected waters (Ref. 1602). Benthic on silty sand or mud (Ref. 58302).

Habitat

associated