Diagnostic Description
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Small specimens mottled or banded; adult uniformly black (Ref. 4412). Body moderately deep. Predorsal scales extending forward to about level of mideye. Snout deep and evenly rounded (Ref 9834).Description: Characterized further by having deeply forked caudal fin with pointed lobes; jaws terminal; small teeth, conical, mostly uniserial (Ref. 90102).
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 18 - 22; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 21 - 23; Vertebrae: 31
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao
Trophic Strategy
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Juveniles often in near shore surface, while adults are probably benthopelagic (Ref. 75154).
- Recorder
- Auda Kareen Ortañez
Biology
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Oceanic species (Ref. 27121). Caught at the surface with an associated medusae, using hand net (Ref. 26165).
Importance
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fisheries: of no interest