Diagnostic Description
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tarjonnut Fishbase
Bluish grey with blackish margin on gill cover; diagnostic white patch just in front of each eye (Ref. 11482).
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Morphology
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tarjonnut Fishbase
Dorsal spines (total): 13; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 12
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Biology
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tarjonnut Fishbase
Usually seen in aggregations while grazing over shallow reefs (Ref. 11482). May also mix with schools of other species (Ref. 5227).The fine mat of comb-like, bicuspid and tricuspid teeth are used to scrape algae from rocks and corals (Ref. 28023).
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