Enables chromatin binding activity and transcription corepressor activity. Acts upstream of or within cell-cell junction assembly; negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; and vasculogenesis. Predicted to be located in cytosol and nucleus. Predicted to be part of histone deacetylase complex. Is expressed in adrenal gland; embryo; eye; inner ear; and otocyst. Orthologous to human HDAC7 (histone deacetylase 7). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]