Diagnostic Description
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Head almost completely covered by scales (scales absent only in lips, chin, branchiostegal membranes and narrow band on snout in front of eyes); first ray of spiny dorsal fin elongated in males (Ref. 41739).
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14 - 15; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 18; Vertebrae: 28