Pi152 / 88 / 237 Centriscus scutatus (Grooved razor-fish)

 Pi152 / 88 / 237                           Centriscus scutatus (Grooved razor-fish)

 

Phylum            : Chordata

Class                : Teleostei

Order               : Syngnathiformes

Family             : Centriscidae

Genus              : Centriscus

Species             : Centriscus scutatus

 

Description:

        Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-12; Anal soft rays: 11 - 12. Silvery with reddish brown to blackish mid-lateral stripe. Main dorsal spine moderately long and without joint. Inhabits sandy or muddy floors of shallow inlet waters. Usually in large schools among branching corals, seawhip gardens and black coral bushes to about 15 m depth. Small juveniles in surface waters and sometimes in small groups along beach edges in quiet bays and settle with crinoids or urchins

 

IUCN Status: Least concern