Description

Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal soft rays: 9. Head and body brown or yellow, belly lighter. Back with small light spots and dark blotches. First dorsal fin black. Anal fin whitish. Pelvic fins dark and brown or black. Second dorsal, caudal, and pectoral fins spotted with dark brown. Body without lateral fold of skin below lateral line. Interorbital distance more than eye diameter (Ref 42832).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Callionymiformes

Family: Callionymidae

Genus: Eleutherochir

Species: Eleutherochir opercularis (Valenciennes, 1837)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits shallow sandy and muddy bottoms in the sea, but also enters mouths of rivers and may live even in freshwater .

Habitat

brackish

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless