| Haemulidae (Grunts), subfamily: Haemulinae |
| 52 cm TL (male/unsexed) |
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benthopelagic; brackish; marine |
| Western Pacific: China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and New South Wales, Australia. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 12-12; Dorsal soft rays (total): 14-14; Anal spines: 3-3; Anal soft rays: 7-7. Body color silvery to light burnished gold; dorsal fins with well defined blackish spots on interspinous membranes; adults with blackish spot on tip of each scale on back and upper sides. Body depth 3.2 tomes in SL. Head large; upper profile convex; gill cover and angle of preopercle lengthened as convex rounded lobe; gill cover extending to above 1/3 to 1/2 of pectoral fins. Mouth small; maxilla reaching to eye. Pores 2 and a median pit on chin (Ref. 47695). |
| A rare species apparently inhabiting deeper waters of the continental shelf (Ref. 47695). |
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Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 15 July 2020 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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