Diagnostic Description
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Body depth high and each fin rounded.
Life Cycle
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Mouthbrooders (Ref. 240). Distinct pairing during courtship and spawning (Ref. 205).
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 8; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 8
Trophic Strategy
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Exhibits the black gut phenomenon. In nocturnal predators, it appears to serve to conceal bioluminiscent prey in the stomach cavity (Ref. 46685).
Biology
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Occurs solitarily around boulders scattered on sandy and muddy bottoms in bays. Breeding occurs from July to September. Males brood eggs in the mouth (Ref. 559).
分布
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分布於西北太平洋區,包括台灣及日本。台灣除東部海域外皆有產。
利用
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無任何經濟價值。
描述
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體極高,側扁。頭大。吻長。眼大,眼徑約等於吻長。下頜微突出。
D. VII-I,9;A. II,7-8;P. 15-17;C. 3-4,9+8,3-4; Pred.S. 2;GR.
2 or 3 or 4 7+1+2,2;HL. 2.03-2.38;BD. 2.15-2.42 in SL;SnL.
3.63-4.63;ED. 3.26-3.52 in
HL。體棕黃色,體側有可區別的深色垂直暗帶;尾鰭透明,其它各鰭呈暗色。
棲地
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主要棲息於礁石散布的砂泥底質海灣。以多毛類或其它底棲無脊椎動物為食。雄性具口孵行為。