Description

Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 57 - 58; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 45 - 46; Vertebrae: 63 - 64. No scales on cheek and nape. A median pore posterior to posterior interorbital pore; at least with 11 suborbital pores; 9 preopercular pores. A dark spot above pectoral fin.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ovalentaria/misc

Family: Pseudochromidae

Genus: Halidesmus

Species: Halidesmus polytretus Winterbottom, 1982

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

demersal