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Morphology: Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 12; Anal spines: 3 - 3; Anal soft rays: 11 - 12; Vertebrae: 25 - 25. Stripes on male body blue-green and orangish in life, becoming salmon pink and green anteriorly; a dark spot behind eye contained within a brown band that bifurcates posteriorly. Females with a small black spot on 1st interspinous membrane of dorsal fin, another between 2nd-3rd soft rays; a spot at the upper base of caudal fin. Anterior lateral line scales with 1-4 pores (usually 2). Pelvic fins of males reaching to or beyond the anus.
Max size: 12 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9710)
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Cantheschenia grandisquamis Hutchins, 1977
Large-scaled leatherjacket |
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Antennarius coccineus (Lesson, 1831)
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Abudefduf sexfasciatus (Lacepède, 1801)
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Ecsenius pictus McKinney & Springer, 1976
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Ijimaia plicatellus (Gilbert, 1905)
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