Description

Dorsal spines (total): 15 - 17; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 11; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 8 - 10. Body relatively deep; head large (Ref. 40031). Jaws isognathous (Ref. 40031). Lips greatly enlarged (Ref. 40031, 54524), soft, and deeply folded back onto snout and lower jaw (Ref. 40031). Premaxillary pedicel not prominent (Ref. 40031). Teeth in outer rows of upper and lower jaws bicuspid, relatively closely set (Ref. 40031). Pectoral fin relatively long, extending past base of third anal fin spine to base of seventh anal fin ray (Ref. 40031). Caudal fin scaled more than three quarters of fin length near dorsal and ventral edges (Ref. 40031).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Cichliformes

Family: Cichlidae

Genus: Otopharynx

Species: Otopharynx pachycheilus Arnegard & Snoeks, 2001

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

demersal