General Description

Body long, slender; dorsal fin single, arising over or behind gill cover, often joined to tail fin; anal fin joined to tail fin, or connected to base of tail fin; orbital tentacle absent; last anal-fin ray distinctly not reaching tail base; lower lip not fleshy and without a fleshy flap extending beyond upper lip. Pale greyish or brownish with darker broken stripes on sides and a pale stripe along midsides. To 10 cm.

Biology

These well-camouflaged fishes are rarely seen.

Habitat

Usually buried in sand near seagrass beds, in depths of 0-10 m.

Soft substrates

Seagrass meadows

Distribution guide

Southern Australia.

Species Group

Fishes › Weedfishes and snakeblennies

Depth

Shore (0-1 m)
Shallow (1-30 m)

Water Column

On or near sea floor

Max Size

10 cm

Commercial Species

No

Global Dispersal

Native to Australia

Conservation Status

• DSE Advisory List : Not listed
• EPBC Act 1999 : Not listed
• IUCN Red List : Not listed