Diagnostic Description
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Body dark blue above, tips of fins black, a black blotch above pectoral fin base. Several to about 10 blotches sometimes on midbody (Ref. 27363).
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 5; Dorsal soft rays (total): 37 - 40; Analspines: 2 - 3; Analsoft rays: 23 - 27; Vertebrae: 25
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao
Importance
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fisheries: minor commercial; price category: high; price reliability: reliable: based on ex-vessel price for this species
