Diagnostic Description
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Colour bluish grey with narrow vertical yellow bars on side of body and small yellow spots dorsally on body and on head. Keeled peduncular plates blue and black. Keeled peduncular plates usually 3, no scattered small thorn-like plates dorsally and posteriorly to midlateral series (Ref 9808).
Morphology
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Dorsal soft rays (total): 24 - 26; Analsoft rays: 23 - 25
Trophic Strategy
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Found along rocky shores, juveniles in estuaries and bays. Feeds on benthic algae.
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- Drina Sta. Iglesia
Biology
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Found along rocky shores, juveniles in estuaries and bays (Ref. 9710). Feeds on benthic algae (Ref. 9710).
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Yellowspotted sawtail: Brief Summary
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The yellowspotted sawtail, Prionurus maculatus, is a tang of the family Acanthuridae, found in the southwest Pacific Ocean.
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