Description

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8. Adults with orange spots on cheek (Ref. 48635).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Kurtiformes

Family: Apogonidae

Genus: Ostorhinchus

Species: Ostorhinchus chrysopomus (Bleeker, 1854)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found in coral reefs, more commonly in aggregations among branching corals (Ref. 36661, 48635).

Habitat

associated