Diagnostic Description
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Head and body light brown, back with many light spots, ventral parts yellowish to white. Sides with a row of dark blotches. Pectoral-fin base with a dusky spot. First dorsal fin in males whitish, in females black. Second dorsal, caudal, pectoral, and pelvic fins spotted with brown. Anal fin black in males, with a distal black streak in females (Ref 42832).
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analsoft rays: 9