Pseudochromidae

Snakelet

Halidesmus scapularis

Pseudochromid Fish of the Atlantic Ocean

• Brown
• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Anguilliform
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Halidesmus is a genus of ray-finned fishes, the type genus of the subfamily Congrogadinae, the eel blennies, part of the dottyback family, Pseudochromidae. They are found in the western Indian Ocean as far east as India, with one species extending marginally into the south-east Atlantic Ocean.