PHILIPPINE FROSTFISH

Benthodesmus suluensis

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IUCN Red List Status: NOT EVALUATED

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Morphology: Dorsal spines (total): 36 - 39; Dorsal soft rays (total): 92 - 99; Anal spines: 2 - 2; Anal soft rays: 86 - 92; Vertebrae: 133 - 137. Body silvery, jaws and opercle blackish. The inside of the mouth and gill cavities black.

Max size: 18 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 6181)

	Scarus compressus (Osburn & Nichols, 1916) Azure parrotfish
	Caelorinchus braueri Barnard, 1925 Shovelnose grenadier
	Callionymus enneactis Bleeker, 1879 Mangrove dragonet
	Periophthalmus kalolo Lesson, 1831 Common mudskipper
	Chaetodontoplus conspicillatus (Waite, 1900) Conspicuous angelfish

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