Diagnostic Description
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SL to about 28 mm. Body highly compressed and without scales except on the caudal peduncle on some specimen.
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 10; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 9
Biology
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Live among live coral branches (e.g. Pocillopora and Stylophora) (Ref. 1602). Also found in inshore channels in Acropora thickets (Ref. 48637).
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli