Diagnostic Description
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
This species is distinguished by the following characters: D2 I,6-7 (usually 7); A I,6-7 (usually 7); pectoral-fin rays 13-16 rays; segmented caudal rays 15-16 in 8/7 or 9/7 pattern; lateral scales 23-27; transverse scale count 7-8; predorsal scales 6-7; opercle has 2-4 rows of cycloid scales; cheek scaleless; shoulder girdle with a smooth narrow flange or smooth edge; tongue is short and often blunt; males with teeth in outer row largest and widely spaced, slightly flattened and usually straight with pointed tips; females with outer row teeth very small, close-set, evenly sized and usually blunt-tipped. Colouration: head and body translucent to pale yellowish and with 5-6 diffuse greyish saddles on dorsum which may extend ventrally as indistinct bars and mid-side of body with five brownish blotches; scaly base of caudal fin with two blackish rounded spots, placed above and below last mid-lateral brownish spot and a broad half-moon shaped to vertical yellow bar extending from these dark spots onto caudal fin itself (Ref. 126575).
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Morphology
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 7; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 6 - 7
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Biology
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Occurs in shallow tidal pools of mangroves and muddy intertidal habitat (Ref. 94986). Often occurring with Pseudogobius poicilosoma, and sometimes with P. avicennia and P. verticalis (Ref. 126575).