Description

Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 14; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 6 - 10. Diagnosis: body short and globose; mouth large with many small, villiform teeth; skin rough, covered with bifurcate dermal spinules; pectoral-fin lobes attached to sides of body; illicium at most as long as second dorsal-fin spine; large, conspicuous ocellus below dorsal fin on either side of body (Ref. 57225).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Lophiiformes

Family: Antennariidae

Genus: Fowlerichthys

Species: Fowlerichthys senegalensis (Cadenat, 1959)

Climate Zone

Biology

Neritic species (Ref. 10959). Occurs in marine or brackish water (Ref. 57225).

Habitat

brackish

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Threat to Humans

Harmless