Diagnostic Description
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This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: anal soft rays 14 or 15; caudal fin length 2.75-3.25 in SL; a black spot on nape above opercle; two black spots on first dorsal fin; presence of curving dark brown line from below eye to posterior margin of maxilla; irregular brown markings in white spaces between brownish-red bars on body (Ref. 82599).
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 14 - 15
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Biology
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Lives on sand-rubble substrata, symbiotic with Alpheus bellulus (Ref. 11441).
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli