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Diagnostic Description

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This species is distinguished by the following characters: cephalic sensory-canal pore system lacking only the IT pore (Pattern 2); dorsal/anal fin-ray formula 8/8; pectoral-fin rays 16 or 17, all apparently unbranched (but broken ends); no fifth pelvic-fin ray; male urogenital papilla a flat rounded plate; lower half of pectoral-fin base with a dark spot; caudal peduncle or caudal-fin base without a dark spot; scales without black edges on pockets; caudal fin is not crossed by dark vertical bars; colour of head and body yellow with a peppering of small brown melanophores in life (Ref. 118500)
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Estelita Emily Capuli
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 8
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Biology

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Collected from a cave at 13.5 m depth (Ref. 118500).
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