Description

Dorsal spines (total): 6 - 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 28 - 30; Anal soft rays: 28 - 31. Body marbled and with three or four short, broad, dark bars on upper parts of sides. Dorsally rays sometimes with a series of small spots, caudal fin faintly barred (Ref. 11892).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Perciformes/Notothenioidei

Family: Nototheniidae

Genus: Gobionotothen

Species: Gobionotothen acuta (Günther, 1880)

Climate Zone

Biology

Found in fairly shallow water (Ref. 11892).

Habitat

demersal

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Harmless