Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Otopharynx

Species: Otopharynx argyrosoma (Regan, 1922)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Lives over sand in shallow as well as in deeper regions. Feeds on small invertebrates and plankton taken from the sand or from the water (Ref. 5595).

Habitat

demersal