Diagnostic Description
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Body and fins plain dark brown to blackish in color (Ref. 43716). Longitudinal scales 52-65; TRB 14-20; predorsal scales small, 22-36, extending past preopercular margin but not reaching eyes; scales on body mostly ctenoid; third or fourth spine of dorsal fin longest; body relatively compressed and slender; snout and jaws long, mouth terminal; gill opening oblique, pectoral girdle smooth (Ref. 43716).
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 10 - 12; Vertebrae: 26
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Importance
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fisheries: of no interest