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Description

provided by World Register of Marine Species
Colour in life: granules between plates mid brown, rest black, abactinal surface light grey-brown. Eaten by shrimp Hymenocera elegans (Gnathophyllidae) which sits on the aboral surface and eats the arm tips (Humphreys, 1981). General distribution: westrn Indian Ocean (Tortonese, 1980).

Reference

4. Paxton, J.R. and Eschmeyer, W.N. (1994) Encylopedia of Fishes. UNSW Press, Sydney.

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