Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17 - 20; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 10 - 12. Poor development of papillae on head; margin of upper lip smooth; dorsal origin much closer to upper pectoral base than to caudal base; anus located much closer to anal fin origin than to rear margin of disc and under 8th dorsal ray; eye 1.2 (1.0-1.4) in bony interorbital space and 5.6 (4.7-7.3) in head; tip of depressed anal fin extends well posterior (about an eye's diameter) to that of the depressed dorsal fin (Ref. 42104).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiesociformes

Family: Gobiesocidae

Genus: Gobiesox

Species: Gobiesox marijeanae Briggs, 1960

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274)

Habitat

demersal