Diagnostic Description
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Scales very small, sparsely covered with slender conical to lanceolate spinules in widely divergent V rows. Snout in young individuals with faint blackish margin along its leading edge, older individuals appear to have only a blackish snout tip.
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Analspines: 0
Trophic Strategy
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Feeds primarily on euphausiids, prawns, and isopods.
- Recorder
- Drina Sta. Iglesia
Biology
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Feeds primarily on euphausiids, prawns, and isopods (Ref. 1371).