Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiesociformes

Family: Gobiesocidae

Genus: Gobiesox

Species: Gobiesox potamius Briggs, 1955

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Facultative air-breathing in the genus (Ref. 126274); Found in rivers and creeks from the sea to 140 m elevation, more abundant in currents but also found in slow moving waters. Feeds on crustaceans, aquatic insects and fish scales (Ref. 36880).

Habitat

benthopelagic