Diagnostic Description
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Distinguished from all other known species of Batasio by having colorless body, without any bars or bands, spots or stripes, and long adipose dorsal fin almost confluent with the caudal but for a narrow notch (Ref. 51080).Description: Dorsal fin with one smooth spine and 7-8 branched rays. Pectoral fins with one spine serrated along inner edge with II-12 antrorse teeth. Pelvic fins with one simple and five branched rays. Anal fin with three simple, 14 branched and four simple and 12 branched rays (Ref. 51080).
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 78
