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Diagnostic Description

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Body brownish, large dark spots or cross bars on body. Head often spotted, fins barred with series of dark spots (Ref. 11892).
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Arlene G. Sampang-Reyes
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 5 - 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 36 - 41; Analsoft rays: 33 - 37
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Biology

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Adults feed on small fishes, krill and other euphausiids, polychaetes, copepods, amphipods, isopods and small gastropods. Mature individuals spawn once a year (Ref. 1071).
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Astrid Jarre-Teichmann
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