Diagnostic Description
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Body elongate, yellow or reddish brown. Black stripe through eye (Ref. 48635). Scales of lateral line large and well spaced; small ctenoid scales; black spot at base of last dorsal fin rays and white spot on dorsal midline just behind second dorsal fin (Ref. 26938).
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao
Life Cycle
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240). Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).
Morphology
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 8
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao
Trophic Strategy
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Nocturnal species which occurs inshore (Ref. 75154). Found in deep recesses of caves in the outer reef slope (Ref. 1602). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Exhibits the black gut phenomenon. In nocturnal predators, it appears to serve to conceal bioluminiscent prey in the stomach cavity (Ref. 46685). Swims upside-down on ceilings (Ref. 48635). Solitary or in pairs (Ref 90102).
Biology
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الإنجليزية
)
المقدمة من Fishbase
Found in deep recesses of caves in the outer reef slope (Ref. 1602). Benthopelagic (Ref. 58302). Nocturnal species (Ref. 7300). Swims upside-down on ceilings (Ref. 48635). Solitary or in pairs (Ref 90102).
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
