Carp Prettyfin

Fraudella carassiops

• Group: Other
• For divers: safe

An inshore fish that settles over soft bottom in shallow coastal water, resting on the seabed rather than swimming in open water. The male guards the eggs until they hatch, a common form of care among its relatives.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Chordata › Teleostei › Ovalentaria incertae sedis › Plesiopidae › Fraudella

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 280800.