Description

Dorsal spines (total): 13 - 14; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 11. Uniformly dark gray or with uneven pattern of mixed, variably pale to dark, irregular spots; fins dark.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Centrarchiformes

Family: Girellidae

Genus: Girella

Species: Girella tephraeops (Richardson, 1846)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Inhabits shallow rocky reefs (Ref. 33839). Found in small groups under ledges and in caves (Ref. 33839). Can quickly change from its uniformly dark color pattern to a blotchy coloration (Ref. 33839).

Habitat

associated