Diagnostic Description
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Suborbital spine absent. Preopercle with 3 transverse scale rows. Pectoral and pelvic fins moderately long, reaching to just beyond level of anus. A line drawn up from posterior edge of suborbital reaching the dorsal profile about 3 to 7 scale rows before origin of dorsal fin. Upper lobe of caudal fin produced into a long yellow trailing filament. Axillary scale present. Color: Head and body silvery white, dusky-blue below. Pelvic fins transparent. Pectoral fins pink, with dusky base.
Morphology
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 7
Biology
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
Inhabits sandy or muddy bottoms close to reefs.
- Recorder
- Kent E. Carpenter
Importance
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الإنجليزية
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المقدمة من Fishbase
fisheries: minor commercial; price category: high; price reliability: questionable: based on ex-vessel price for species in this genus
- Recorder
- Kent E. Carpenter
