Description

Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Anal spines: 1; Anal soft rays: 9.

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Gobiiformes

Family: Gobiidae

Genus: Yongeichthys

Species: Yongeichthys criniger (Valenciennes, 1837)

Climate Zone

Biology

Inhabits shallow to deep coastal mud or silty sand flats (Ref. 48637). Toxicity in this species is particularly high in the skin. Its toxicity varies with the locality and some specimens are nontoxic altogether (Ref. 559).

Habitat

brackish

Conservation Status

Not Evaluated

Threat to Humans

Poisonous to eat