Description

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 25 - 26; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 16. Adults pale gray to yellowish with upper part of head bluish; dark blue spot at front of dorsal fin; dorsal fin bluish, grading to yellow posteriorly (Ref. 2334).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ovalentaria/misc

Family: Pseudochromidae

Genus: Oxycercichthys

Species: Oxycercichthys veliferus (Lubbock, 1980)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Occurs inshore (Ref. 7300). Found around rock and coral formations on sandy bottoms (Ref. 9710).

Habitat

associated