Description

Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal soft rays: 6.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Dactylopteriformes

Family: Dactylopteridae

Genus: Dactyloptena

Species: Dactyloptena gilberti Snyder, 1909

Climate Zone

Location

• Indo-West Pacific, from southern Red Sea, Somalia and Oman to the Gulf of Thailand and Japan, but not southern Southeast Asia or Australia.

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless