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Margined Dottyback

Pholidochromis marginatus (Lubbock 1980)

Diagnostic Description

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Description: Characterized by light brown to dusky grey color dorsally in preservative; anterior lateral line scales 19-27; depth of body 33.4-36.6 % of SL (Ref. 90102).
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 3; Dorsal soft rays (total): 22; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 13
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Biology

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Found in shallow water in areas of living hard and soft corals (Ref. 26137); sometimes in relatively silty areas (Ref. 81967).
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