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Diagnostic Description

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Soft dorsal rays 12 (rarely 13); soft anal rays 12 (rarely 13); pectoral rays 14 (rarely 15); scales in lateral series 36 (rarely 35); transverse scales 11 (rarely 10 or 12); predorsal scales 14-17 (usually 16); vertebrae 15 (rarely 16) + 17 = 32 or 33; snout relatively short, rounded; live coloration consisting of blue grey upper back, yellow tan background on head and ventral third of body, and iridescent blue midlaterally with red spotting; three red stripes from lower rear edge of eye across opercle, with upper stripe extending to an iridescent blue spot on upper pectoral fin base; dorsal fins purplish with yellow margins; red spotting on base of dorsal, anal and caudal fins; iridescent blue margin on anal fin (Ref. 36751).
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12 - 13; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 12 - 13; Vertebrae: 32 - 33
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Biology

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Found in small, swampy pond on the floodplain with clear, still and very shallow water and with bottom composed of soft mud covered with leaf litter (Ref. 36751).
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