Transparent, with vertical bars across the body. Opaque when preserved. Front legs with slender nippers and yellow spots at the joints. Rostrum well developed, toothed and almost saw-like.
Between 25 mm.
Lives in intertidal pools and shallow areas with a sandy bottom. Scavenges fragments of dead animals.
Two Oceans: A Guide to the Marine Life of Southern Africa (2007).
F*CK FISH 