Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Kurtiformes

Family: Apogonidae

Genus: Ostorhinchus

Species: Ostorhinchus melanoproctus (Fraser & Randall, 1976)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs in aggregations in caves in vertical walls (Ref. 37816). Also found in steep outer reef slopes in 15-50 m (Ref 90102).

Habitat

associated