Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 58 - 63; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 48 - 52; Vertebrae: 66 - 69. Light to dark brown with color, sometimes with dusky crossbars (Ref. 4395). Middle lateral line joining with the dorsal lateral line just above the pectoral fin base; midline of parietal canal with a single pore; dark spot above pectoral fin (Ref. 531). Pelvic fin rarely absent; dorsal and anal fin membranes united only basally to caudal fin (Ref. 49841).

Common Names

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Slangetjie , Afrikaans , South Africa

Snakelet , English , South Africa

海带鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

海帶鳚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ovalentaria/misc

Family: Pseudochromidae

Genus: Halidesmus

Species: Halidesmus scapularis Günther, 1872

Climate Zone

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Subtropical

Location

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Biology

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Common in intertidal pools and marginal subtidal areas (Ref. 4395).

Habitat

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demersal