Annual Fish

Two apomorphic color patterns, body bright gray with dark gray to black stripes in males (versus light gray or no stripes; stripes narrower than interspaces) and a vertically paired black blotch on caudal peduncle of juveniles and females (versus small spots irregularly arranged, or a single round dorsally positioned spot, or no spots on caudal peduncle). Scales on longitudinal series 26-28, supraorbital neuromasts 16-19, pharyngobranchial teeth 2-5. Dorsal fin origin posterior to anal fin origin in females. Caudal fin rounded (fin rays 21-22).

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18 - 24; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 23 - 30; Vertebrae: 27 - 30

Bottom spawner, 3-5 months incubation. Is difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).

aquarium: commercial