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Diagnostic Description

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Body oblong, compressed, and moderately deep, with an arched dorsal profile; snout prominent; mouth small and inferior; lower jaw enclosed by upper; chin with a stiff barbel; edge of preopercle serrate; second dorsal fin short, with 20 soft rays; pectoral fins with 19 rays; first pelvic ray prolonged; body uniformly dark and silvery; flanks without stripes; fins dark; first pelvic ray white (Ref. 55763).
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Recorder
Frédéric Busson
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Trophic Strategy

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Found over sandy bottom. Juveniles also litoral pools. Feeds on fishes, crustaceans and bivalves.
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Recorder
Drina Sta. Iglesia
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Biology

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Found over sandy bottom (Ref. 9118). Juveniles also littoral pools (Ref. 9118). Feeds on fishes, crustaceans and bivalves (Ref. 9118).
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Cristina V. Garilao
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Importance

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fisheries: commercial
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Cristina V. Garilao
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