Diagnostic Description
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Several prominent exserted canine teeth at anterior ends of upper and lower jaws; longest tooth in upper jaw 9.9-11.6 % in snout length, 6.3-8.7 % in postorbital head length; longest tooth in lower jaw 9.2-10.2 % in snout length, 6.5-6.9 % in postorbital head length; lateral line with 69 or 70 tubed scales; caudal fin deeply forked.
- Recorder
- Crispina B. Binohlan
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 8
- Recorder
- Crispina B. Binohlan
Biology
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Known depth of capture is 200 m from Basilisk Passage, Papua New Guinea.