Description

Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 15; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 14 - 15; Vertebrae: 26. Adults are silver to brown with black vertical stripes (Ref. 33616).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Centrarchiformes

Family: Enoplosidae

Genus: Enoplosus

Species: Enoplosus armatus (White, 1790)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Juveniles live in estuaries (Ref. 33616) while adults occur in estuaries and on inshore and offshore rocky reefs and seagrass beds (Ref. 9563). Found either in large schools, in pairs or as solitary individuals (Ref. 33616). Neither anterolateral glandular groove nor venom gland is present (Ref. 57406). Reported to have venomous fin spines without associated venom gland (https://fishesofaustralia.net.au/home/species/445#moreinfo).

Habitat

brackish

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Venomous