Diagnostic Description
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Dark spot often on spinous dorsal (Ref. 4313).
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 5
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao
Trophic Strategy
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Associated with seagrass (Ref. 118046). Feeds on fish and benthic invertebrates (Ref. 231).
Biology
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Solitary and sedentary over rocky, sandy or muddy bottoms. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans and mollusks (Ref.4570).
- Recorder
- Christine Papasissi
Importance
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fisheries: commercial; aquarium: public aquariums
- Recorder
- Christine Papasissi
