shorthead midshipman

Porichthys greenei

Batrachoidid Fish beneath the Pacific Ocean

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
North America
Small
Tropical fish

shorthead midshipman is known around Eastern Central Pacific as a marine fish; It occurs in marine waters, and records give a maximum length of 7.7 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Toadfishes
Family: Batrachoididae
Genus: Porichthys
Maximum length: 7.7 cm
Water: Marine
Distribution: Eastern Central Pacific: Gulf of Tehuantepec, Mexico to Panama.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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