Flower Of The Wave

Iso rhothophilus

• Group: Other
• Max size: 7.5 cm
• For divers: safe

A tiny silvery fish that rides the surf around rocky headlands and along the shoreline, sometimes drifting into the calmer water of river mouths. It is so delicate it rarely survives being handled. It can cross with its close relatives, and almost nothing else about its life has been recorded.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Atheriniformes › Isonidae › Iso

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 276754.