Author: Canestrini, 1864
Opeatogenys gracilis Canestrini, 1864
Status in World Register of Marine Species:
Accepted name: Opeatogenys gracilis (Canestrini, 1864) (updated 2009-06-25)
Diagnosis: body slender and almost cylindrical, depth 7.1 times in SL. Five short, blunt rakers on third gill arch. Dorsal finrays 3; anal finrays 4; pectoral finrays 16; caudal finrays 9. Colour: red-violet with white spots. Size: to about 20 mm SL.
Habitat, Food, Reproduction: no data.
Distribution: Mediterranean from Adriatic Sea to Nice.
Eggs, larvae and young stages. No data.
Otoliths (sagitta). No data.