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Life Cycle

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Male carries the eggs in a brood pouch (Ref. 205).
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Susan M. Luna
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 1718; Analspines: 0
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Cristina V. Garilao
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Biology

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Inhabits rubble bottom and seagrass of the continental shelf (Ref. 75154). Maximum length is based on a straight-line length measurement from upper surface (ignoring spines) of first trunk ring, to tip of tail (Ref. 42735). Ovoviviparous (Ref. 205). The male carries the eggs in a brood pouch which is found under the tail (Ref. 205). Taken in trawls (Ref. 42735).
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Cristina V. Garilao
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