Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 12; Anal soft rays: 20 - 26. Distinguished from all other members of the genus by the combination of the following characters: 20-26 anal rays; 9-12 dorsal rays; 31-32 scales in lateral row; body depth 25-31% SL; and color pattern of male in life with greyish brown head and body with diffuse dark brown blotches irregularly dispersed on body and always with a row of 5-9 larger blotches more or less irregularly organized above axial stripe (Ref. 26687).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Beloniformes

Family: Adrianichthyidae

Genus: Oryzias

Species: Oryzias marmoratus (Aurich, 1935)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Non-annual breeder. Is very difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).

Habitat

benthopelagic