Centriscus scutatus
Grooved Razorfish
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Gasterosteiformes
Family
Centriscidae
Genus
Centriscus
Species
Centriscus scutatus
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Up to 15 cm (Total Length)
Depth range
- Up to 15 m
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Distribution and habitat preferences
Inhabits sandy or muddy floors of shallow inlet waters. Usually in large schools among branching corals, seawhip gardens and black coral bushes. (Fishbase)
Behaviour
They usually swim vertically, head-down, to look like part of the coral. When threatened, they switch to a horizontal position and swim away as a school.
