Description

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Blenniiformes

Family: Labrisomidae

Genus: Auchenionchus

Species: Auchenionchus microcirrhis (Valenciennes, 1836)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Carnivorous; feeds on other fishes; juveniles favoring amphipods and shifts to diet of decapods as adults (Ref. 94105).

Habitat

demersal