Description

Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 47 - 50; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 37 - 40. Gill membranes fused ventrally but free from isthmus. Shoulder with a dark ocellated spot. Preopercular canal with 6 pores; 8 suborbital pores; possess a bilateral, anterior interorbital pore. Cheeks, opercles and nape scaled. Second intermittent lateral line along midlateral septum, with 18-56 pored scales.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ovalentaria/misc

Family: Pseudochromidae

Genus: Halimuraena

Species: Halimuraena lepopareia Winterbottom, 1980

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits shallow water among weed, rock, and coral.

Habitat

associated