Diagnostic Description
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This species is distinct from its congeners by the following characters: dorsal scale band from under the 4th-7th dorsal-fin spine to under penultimate or last dorsal-fin ray, not reaching onto caudal peduncle; naked axilla of pectorals; cirri on dorsal-fin spines absent; one common opening of the anterior terminal mandibular pore; no nasal cirri; no elongated dorsal-fin spines; absence of parietal spines (Ref. 75898).
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 15; Analsoft rays: 8 - 12; Vertebrae: 31 - 36
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli