| Gerreidae (Mojarras) |
| 17.8 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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demersal; marine |
| Western Pacific: Japan and Philippines. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 9-9; Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-10; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 7-7. U-shaped premaxilla groove fully scaled in specimens over 16 cm SL, producing a broadly rounded margin of the scaled area level with the anterior nostrils (partially scaled in 10 cm SL specimens). Posterior margin of maxilla beyond a vertical through anterior margin of inner dermal eye opening. Scales between 5th dorsal fin spine base 3.5 or 4. Body silvery, bands on body lacking or 6-8 irregular, very faint or dusky, oblique and vertical bands dorsolaterally and ventrolaterally (usually more apparent in young stressed or preserved specimens. Pelvic fin semi-transparent with a faint dusky band and indistinct white distal margin posteriorly or colorless when fresh. Spinous dorsal fin with an indistinct dusky patch (2nd-6th spines) and very narrow dusky distal margins on upper membranes between spines. Supraneural bones 3 (Ref. 35850). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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