Diagnostic Description
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Body mauve with shades of pale green; yellow snout; cheeks with large brown spots; violet spot below eye, banded with shades of bright yellow and emerald green. 2nd dorsal fin banded, tips of rays yellow; pectorals brownish caudal fin may have a large dark spot (described by Fowler from a single specimen found in the stomach of a flatfish). A black bar below anterior half of orbit crossing corner of mouth and extending onto chin.
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 36 - 37; Analspines: 1; Analsoft rays: 33 - 35; Vertebrae: 26
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Biology
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The holotype was taken from the stomach of a flatfish (Arnoglossus) caught at a depth of 90 m off Natal.
- Recorder
- Estelita Emily Capuli
Description
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The holotype was taken from the stomach of a flatfish (@Arnoglossus@) caught at a depth of 50 fathoms off Natal.
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2023). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (02/2023).
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