Diagnostic Description
(
Anglèis
)
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Adult body of Comoros specimens when fresh red, with indistinct dusky blotches more dorsally; head dusky red dorsally and on nape, a dark brown strip on side of snout and extending posteriorly from lower part of eye. Opercle with a distinct, horizontally elongate dark brown spot. No dermal flap or small tentacle dorsally on eye. One large pore in interorbital space on each side close to the edge of the orbit; a small median pore posteriorly in interorbital space. Tubular anterior nostril very long, on edge of snout at the base of the upper lip; when laid back reaching the posterior nostril; when bent forward, extending to front of upper lip. Scales without projecting ctenii on posterior edge. Longitudinal scale series 50-53.
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Morphology
(
Anglèis
)
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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 22 - 24; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 18 - 20; Vertebrae: 26
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli