Diagnostic Description
(
Anglèis
)
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This species differs from its congeners by the following characters: terminal mouth oblique; absence of a large blotch on pectoral-fin base; trunk with a large blotch anterodorsally beneath pectoral fin and a series of small midlateral spots, but no series of large midlateral blotches with vertical extensions; D2 and A each with 15 elements; broadly confluent dorsal fins; small cycloid scales completely covering trunk and nape, with 70 or more in a lateral series; upper jaw with one complete row of teeth in most specimens, but 2 or 3 appearing in larger individuals; first gill arch with 8 thin rakers on ceratobranchial, 6 on epibranchial (Ref. 55435).
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Morphology
(
Anglèis
)
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Dorsal spines (total): 6; Dorsal soft rays (total): 15 - 16; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 15
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Biology
(
Anglèis
)
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Collected from tidepools, over sand and mud bottoms (Ref. 55435).
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao