Juveniles brown with narrow oblique wavy stripes, becoming obscure with age (Ref. 4373).
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Heemstra, P.C. 1986 Sciaenidae. p. 616-619. In M.M. Smith and P.C. Heemstra (eds.) Smiths' sea fishes. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Ref. 4373)
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