Description

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 24. Predorsal scales 3-4; preopercular margin minutely serrate; preopercular ridge mainly smooth except a few weak crenations on lower portion; body depth 3.0-3.2 in SL; overall color light coppery brown with gold suffusion on opercle and middle of side, pair of thin brown stripes on upper half of body, and black spot at base of caudal fin (Ref. 44115).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Kurtiformes

Family: Apogonidae

Genus: Ostorhinchus

Species: Ostorhinchus leptofasciatus (Allen, 2001)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found hovering around a large coral formation (Ref. 44115). Usually in aggregations (Ref 90102).

Habitat

associated