Diagnostic Description
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Distinguished by the following combination of characters: predorsal midline completely covered with large scales (predorsal scales 15-18, usually 17), never with naked patches; pectoral-fin base scaleless, opercle scaleless, breast with small embedded scales; third and fourth dorsal-fin spines slightly filamentous in male; body usually with 9-11 narrow blackish bars and no dusky coloration (when preserved) on anterior body, head, or pectoral fins (Ref. 77028).
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 11
