Diagnostic Description
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Distinguished from congeners with the following combination of characters: pelvic fins and pyloric caeca absent; vertebrae 28-31 + 103-110; dorsal fin origin associated with vertebrae 2-3; postorbital pores five (rarely four or six); occipital and interorbital pores present; pseudobranch filaments 5-10; vomerine and palatine teeth present; lateral line ventral, complete.
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 128 - 134; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 107 - 115; Vertebrae: 132 - 139
Trophic Strategy
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A benthic infaunal and epifaunal predator. Feeds mainly on amphipods, with polychaetes, isopods and an ostracod of minor importance. Females above 25 cm SL contained ova (Ref. 37539).
- Recorder
- Grace Tolentino Pablico
Biology
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A benthic infaunal and epifaunal predator. Feeds mainly on amphipods, with polychaetes, isopods and an ostracod of minor importance. Females above 25 cm SL contained ova (Ref. 37539).
Importance
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fisheries: of no interest
