Description

Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 30; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 29.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiiformes

Family: Microdesmidae

Genus: Oxymetopon

Species: Oxymetopon compressus Chan, 1966

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits deep mud slopes subject to strong currents, usually in excess of 15 meters depth. Adults are solitary or in pairs while juveniles form small groups that resemble Ptereleotris when small (Ref. 48637).

Habitat

associated