Description

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 16; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 12.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Haemulidae

Genus: Orthopristis

Species: Orthopristis cantharinus (Jenyns, 1840)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found on sand and gravel bottoms of coastal waters (Ref. 26282). Marketed fresh (Ref. 9114).

Habitat

demersal