Description

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 20 - 21; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 16 - 18; Vertebrae: 41. Brown body with 4 dark transverse bands on sides. Head dark, pelvic fins and first dorsal black. Soft fins with brown and whitish spots (Ref. 11892).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Notothenioidei

Family: Bovichtidae

Genus: Bovichtus

Species: Bovichtus chilensis Regan, 1913

Climate Zone

Location

• Southeast Pacific: Chile. Southern Ocean: Wiencke Island in the Antarctic Peninsula (Ref. 5199).

Biology

Found in shallow inshore water (Ref. 5199).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless