Diagnostic Description
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Color when fresh: back with a narrow blackish stripe and a second following lateral line to middle of body then continuing to dorsal edge of caudal peduncle, the two separated by a narrow orange zone. Upper side of body dusky red, shading through lavender-pink to silvery white ventrally on head, thorax, and abdomen. Caudal fin red basally, the color continuing as a band in upper and lower part fo fin (Ref 8524).
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 16; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 9
Biology
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Occurs over coral rubble (Ref. 8524). Minimum depth from Ref. 58018.
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- Estelita Emily Capuli