Diagnostic Description
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Body pale orange, with 2 oblique pale reddish bars. Lateral line difficult to count. Body depth 1-1.2 in SL, more than twice head length. Pectoral fins longer than pelvic fins; slightly shorter than head. Cheeks and operculum with distinct scales. Gill membranes free from isthmus; branchiostegal rays 6 (Ref. 5318).
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- Estelita Emily Capuli
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 26 - 30; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 25 - 27
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- Estelita Emily Capuli
Biology
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Found near the bottom; larvae pelagic (Ref. 9609).
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- Cristina V. Garilao