Description

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 22. Sharp venomous spine on upper rear corner of gill cover; hair-like filaments on head and body generally extending below infraorbital canal of head and below lateral line on body, reaching posteriorly on back as far as eighth ray of second dorsal fin (Ref. 11482).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Batrachoidiformes

Family: Batrachoididae

Genus: Daector

Species: Daector schmitti Collette, 1968

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Found on sand and mud bottoms (Ref. 11482).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Vulnerable

Threat to Humans

Harmless