Diagnostic Description
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Description: Characterized by pale brown to silvery color; sides of body covered with large brown spots; spoke-like brown bands radiating from rear half of eye; greatest depth of body 2.9-3.5 in SL (Ref. 90102).
- Recorder
- Roxanne Rei Valdestamon
Life Cycle
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Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240 ). Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 8
- Recorder
- Roxanne Rei Valdestamon
Trophic Strategy
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Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 75154).
- Recorder
- Auda Kareen Ortañez
Biology
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Found on the continental shelf (Ref. 75154). Also seen in sand/rubble bottoms among rocks, gorgonians and sponges (Ref 90102).
