Diagnostic Description
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Fresh male specimens reddish brown dorsally, reddish ventrally; head with green bands; upper opercle with a large blue-edged black spot, rimmed with blue and red; 3 succession of spots behind eye. Large females may be similar in color with males but with a black spot on branched caudal rays; smaller ones have 3 black spots on dorsal fin base. Anterior lateral line scales with 2-7 pores, more in larger adults; 9-13 suborbital pores. Pelvic fins reaching or nearly reaching anus in large adults.
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Life Cycle
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Distinct pairing during breeding (Ref. 205).
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 12; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 12; Vertebrae: 25
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Trophic Strategy
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Occurs inshore (Ref. 75154). Common around patches of rubble or mixed rubble and coral along steep dropoffs (Ref. 1602).
- Recorder
- Drina Sta. Iglesia
Biology
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Common around patches of rubble or mixed rubble and coral along steep drop-offs (Ref. 1602) at 10-56 m depth (Ref. 90102). Feeds on benthic invertebrates (Ref. 89972).
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Importance
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aquarium: commercial
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli