Manalak

Fresh specimen color dark green dorsally, whitish on sides, and overcast with brassy or golden, especially on belly; top of head and snout blackish with pearly epidermal spots also on suborbital and opercle; fins pale or with roseate flush. 11 scales from nape to dorsal; 2.5 scale rows between ventrals and lateral line. Wide short snout without prominent protuberances.

Procerovum Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.)

Dorsal spines (total): 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 5

fisheries: highly commercial