Diagnostic Description
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Description: Characterized by complex pattern of brown stripes and bars and white blotches; brown and white spots on dorsal fin, pale-edged blackish spot anteriorly; occasionally golden brown with faint hint of bars, stripes and blotches; oblique scale rows usually 58-69; length of upper jaw 64-87.8 % of head length, extending about 1.1-2.4 eye diameter behind rear margin of orbit; depth of body 3.0-6.2 in SL (Ref. 90102).
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- Roxanne Rei Valdestamon
Morphology
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Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 13 - 15; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 14
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- Roxanne Rei Valdestamon
Biology
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Found in sand near reefs in 0-35 m (Ref 90102).
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- Cristina V. Garilao