Description

Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 14; Anal spines: 3; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Centrarchiformes

Family: Terapontidae

Genus: Hephaestus

Species: Hephaestus roemeri (Weber, 1910)

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Adults inhabit large turbid lowland rivers (Ref. 2847). Eggs are guarded and fanned by the male parent (Ref. 205).

Habitat

demersal