Diagnostic Description
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Caudal rounded (Ref. 6885). Bluish brown on dorsal surface, silvery to sooty blue on ventral surface, sooty blue on cheeks, opercles, and gill membranes; fins dark (Ref. 6885).
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 61 - 71; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0; Anal spines: 3 - 5; Analsoft rays: 36 - 42
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- Cristina V. Garilao
Trophic Strategy
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Juveniles were found eating copepods almost exclusively (Ref. 6885).
Biology
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Found offshore (Ref. 2850); possibly the deepest-living lumpenine (Ref. 51666).