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Morphology: Dorsal spines (total): 9 - 9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11 - 13; Anal spines: 3 - 3; Anal soft rays: 11 - 13. Color of Philippine `pterophthalmus' form very dark olive-brown; scales with reddish margins; body without markings. Male form (painting) reddish brown, each scale with a vertical blue line; irregular blue lines on head and thorax; median fins with spots or stripes and colored margins. Dorsal spines pungent. Caudal fin rounded in juveniles. Juveniles with large ocelli at the ends of the dorsal and anal fins (Ref. 48636).
Max size: 31 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 9710)
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Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781)
Harlequin snake eel |
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Mataeocephalus tenuicauda (Garman, 1899)
Slendertail grenadier |
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Labropsis polynesica Randall, 1981 |
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Tenualosa reevesii (Richardson, 1846)
Reeve's shad |
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Labracinus lineatus (Castelnau, 1875)
Lined dottyback |