Diagnostic Description
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Scales rather large, with slender conical to somewhat lanceolate and flattened spinules arranged in widely divergent V row or in quincunx order. Snout with black margin along its leading edge only; gums all white; first dorsal fin uniformly blackish.
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Analspines: 0
Importance
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fisheries: subsistence fisheries
