Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 13; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 8 - 10; Vertebrae: 26 - 29. Branchiostegal rays: 6 (Ref. 36496).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiesociformes

Family: Gobiesocidae

Genus: Gobiesox

Species: Gobiesox eugrammus Briggs, 1955

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Associated with Strongylocentrotus franciscanus. Adults feed mainly on amphipods but captive specimens also feed on isopods which live commensally on the urchin (Ref. 33548). Oviparous, with attached, demersal eggs and planktonic larvae (Ref. 36496).

Habitat

demersal