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Mossback Velvetfish

Paraploactis trachyderma Bleeker 1865

Diagnostic Description

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Snout with minute cirri; large patch on tip of snout across lachrymal bones about equal in size to those in smaller patch on nasal bone. Fleshy pad on isthmus with width about 1/4-1/3 of its length (Ref. 39602).
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Estelita Emily Capuli
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Biology

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Found inshore, in soft bottom.
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Susan M. Luna
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