Diagnostic Description
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Description: Characterized by semi-translucent whitish body; ventral portion of head and body partly silvery; side of snout with short blackish streak; caudal fin forked; greatest depth of body 3.0-4.0 in SL (Ref. 90102).
- Recorder
- Roxanne Rei Valdestamon
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): 7; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9; Analspines: 2; Analsoft rays: 8
- Recorder
- Roxanne Rei Valdestamon
Biology
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Known only from the type specimens trawled from silt or sand bottoms at depths between 30 to 40 meters (Ref. 11904). Also found in flat bottoms in 33-290 m (Ref 90102).
- Recorder
- Cristina V. Garilao
