Other identification tools | FishBase

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Ovalentaria/misc
Family: Pseudochromidae Dottybacks
Subfamily: Congrogadinae
Genus: Halidesmus

(See list of species below)


Select Class:     Select Order:   
Select Family: Subfamily:     Select Genus:
Select Ocean (marine/brackish) or Continent (freshwater):
Select a country:
Only include species occuring above: m
Total number of spines in dorsal and anal fins (optional).      Enter total length (TL) and maximum body depth (BD)
Show family drawing(s)



5 species (see list below)
Export file

1 of 1 Jump to:

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 8.9 cm TL
Halidesmus coccus Winterbottom & Randall, 1994

Photo by Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Halidesmus coccus
[Rooster snakelet]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.7 cm SL
 
Halidesmus polytretus
[]

Photo by SFSA

Southeast Atlantic
Max. Length 20 cm TL
Halidesmus scapularis Günther, 1872

Photo by Photo by SFSA
 
Halidesmus scapularis
[Snakelet]

Photo by Gill, A.C.

Western Indian Ocean
Max. Length 7.0 cm SL
Halidesmus socotraensis Gill & Zajonz, 2003

Photo by Photo by Gill, A.C.
 
Halidesmus socotraensis
[Socotran snakelet]

Photo by Randall, J.E.

Indian Ocean
Max. Length 13.2 cm SL
Halidesmus thomaseni (Nielsen, 1961)

Photo by Photo by Randall, J.E.
 
Halidesmus thomaseni
[Thomasen's snakelet]


Sort by: Species Length Year
1 of 1 Jump to:
Export file
n = 5

Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Halidesmus coccus Rooster snakelet Western Indian Ocean 8.9 TL 1994
Halidesmus polytretus Western Indian Ocean 5.7 SL 1982
Halidesmus scapularis Snakelet Southeast Atlantic 20 TL 1872
Halidesmus socotraensis Socotran snakelet Western Indian Ocean 7.0 SL 2003
Halidesmus thomaseni Thomasen's snakelet Indian Ocean 13.2 SL 1961



Other identification tools in FishBase


Quick Identification
Identification keys
Identification by morphometrics
Identification by pictures:
          If you already know the Family, go to Search FishBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to Search FishBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search FishBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in FishBase for the ecosystem.
cfm script by eagbayani, 30.11.04, ,  php script by cmilitante, 05/11/2010 ,  last modified by cmilitante, 14/03/2013