Saccogaster hawaii Cohen & Nielsen 1972

This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: opercular spine ending in 3 prongs; a pair of sub-dermal spines on frontal, behind and above eyes, median sub-dermal ethmoidal spine in front of eyes with forward pointed tip; anterior gill arch with 3 developed rakers (hardly longer than the knobs) and with extremely small filaments; no scales on predorsal but present on median part of body; skin thin and transparent skin; palatines with 1 row of teeth; elongate pectoral peduncle longer than high; vertebrae, precaudal 18, total 54; fin rays, D 92, A 55, pectoral 22 (Ref. 93007).

Dorsal soft rays (total): 92; Analsoft rays: 55; Vertebrae: 54

Benthic (Ref. 58302). Rare species, known from a single specimen (Ref. 34024).

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