Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 102; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 75; Vertebrae: 102. Pelvic fins small. Body pale brownish dorsally and much paler ventrally. Ten dark brownish crossbars across head, trunk and tail extending to the dorsal and anal fins (Ref. 27363).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Zoarcoidei

Family: Zoarcidae

Genus: Crossostomus

Species: Crossostomus fasciatus (Lönnberg, 1905)

Climate Zone

Location

• Southwest Atlantic: Puerto Deseado, Argentina to Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands.

Biology

Feeds on polychaetes (Ref. 33379).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless