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Winged Coralbrotula

Diancistrus alatus Schwarzhans, Møller & Nielsen 2005

Diagnostic Description

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Body slender, small; vertebrae 11+ 31 = 42; dorsal fin rays 79; anal fin rays 59; outer pseudoclasper large, wing-shaped, bent outwards, with flat, broad supporter; inner pseudoclasper is free, broad-based, bifurcate, its anterior branch twice as long as posterior branch extending over anterior part of outer pseudoclasper, both with rounded tip; scale patch only on cheek, no scales on operculum; otolith length to sulcus length 2.2 (Ref. 57884).
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