| Opistognathidae (Jawfishes) |
| 3.78 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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demersal; marine; depth range 20 - 70 m |
| Indo-West Pacific: Andaman Is, Philippines, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 11-11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal spines: 2-2; Anal soft rays: 10-10. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: rigid upper jaw lacking flexible lamina posteriorly, extending about 0.7-1.0 eye diameters behind posterior margin of orbit; infraorbitals all trough-like, open laterally; absence of suborbital shelf on 3rd infraorbital; D XI, 10-11; A II, 10; vertebrae 10+15-17, typically 16; posterior infraorbital pore positions all or mostly occupied by single pores; preopercular pore positions occupied by single pores; total gill rakers 33-39; spinous dorsal fin with a wide submarginal dusky stripe, and interradial membranes between spines 1-4 or 5 either with or without a dark blotch of variable size and intensity; other fins unpigmented. (Ref. 128653). |
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Least Concern (LC); Date assessed: 17 September 2024 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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