General Description

Body long, slender, eel-like, with long-based dorsal and anal-fins united with the tail; pelvic fins reduced to a tiny sucking disc on the underside behind the gill slit; pectoral fins absent; head short with a single sensory pore above and behind the eye; mouth small, just reaching to below front of eye. Plain or mottled greenish to brownish, often with large blackish spots or blotches along midsides. To 12 cm.

Biology

Rarely seen, although common and abundant in shallow inshore waters including rock-pools, among algae, rocky rubble and shells.

Habitat

Inshore temperate waters including rock-pools, in depths of 0-30 m.

Reefs

Coastal shores

Distribution guide

South-eastern Australia.

Species Group

Fishes › Clingfishes and shore-eels

Depth

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

Water Column

On or near sea floor

Max Size

12 cm

Commercial Species

No

Global Dispersal

Native to Australia

Identify

• Fishes - Clingfishes and Shore-eels

Conservation Status

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