Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Zoarcoidei

Family: Zoarcidae

Genus: Exechodontes

Species: Exechodontes daidaleus DeWitt, 1977

Climate Zone

Location

• Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico, from off Louisiana, USA to Cuba and north to off Daytona Beach, Florida.

Biology

Known along the continental shelf; inhabits hard bottom areas under the Florida Current and on muddy bottoms with isolated hard substrate in the northern Gulf (Ref. 11954).

Habitat

bathydemersal

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless