Diagnostic Description
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Adults brown and with irregular light spots, pale below; young pale brown and with irregular brown markings (Ref. 6626).
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 19 - 21; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 14; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 9 - 10
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao
Biology
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Inhabits soft bottoms (Ref. 27121). Periodically sheds the outer keratinous layer of its skin (Ref. 27121). Flesh edible but rarely eaten (Ref. 6626).
Importance
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fisheries: subsistence fisheries
