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Diagnostic Description

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Ventral flap moderately large with minute, indistinct ventral fin rudiment. Caudal fin rounded, fan-like in adults. Males with distinct blue lines, females brownish with pale spotting. Small juveniles green with white longitudinal band.
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Cristina V. Garilao
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 27 - 34; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 26 - 32
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Trophic Strategy

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Primarily found in estuaries, schooling over seagrass beds and in Sargassum seaweed areas (Ref. 9002).
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Grace Tolentino Pablico
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Biology

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Primarily found in estuaries, schooling over seagrass beds and in Sargassum seaweed areas (Ref. 9002).
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Cristina V. Garilao
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