Description

Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Anal spines: 4; Anal soft rays: 11. This species is distinguished by the following characters: 3½ scales above lateral line to middle of spinous portion of dorsal fin; anterior nasal bone no spine extending beyond median upper lip; corner of preoperculum without spine; lateral-line scales 28; height of suborbital bone below center of eye about 1/3 of eye diameter; the last dorsal-fin spine is shorter than penultimate spine; pectoral-fin rays 16; lower gill rakers 13 including rudiments; opercular scale rows 5; dorsal profile of head sloping, distance from lower edge of maxilla to top of eye 2.2 in HL; length of caudal peduncle 8.3% SL; colour when fresh mostly carmine red with white lines running along centers of scales along length of body (Ref. 114923).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Holocentriformes

Family: Holocentridae

Genus: Ostichthys

Species: Ostichthys daniela Greenfield, Randall & Psomadakis, 2017

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

neritic