Frozen jawfish
📖 Overview
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🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 11; Dorsal soft rays (total): 11; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 10; Vertebrae: 26. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: rigid upper jaw, without a distinct flexible lamina posteriorly; D XI,11; A II,10; gill rakers 10-11 + 1 + 19-22 = 31-33; scale rows in lateral series 55; vertebral formula 10 + 16 = 26; dorsal-fin interdigitation pattern S/S/1/1+1/1/; lateral-line ends at base of fourth segmented dorsal-fin ray (15th in total rays); head, nape, dorsal-fin base above lateral line, throat, chest, and pectoral-fin base scaleless; upper two preopercular and fifth mandibular pores bipored; vomer edentate; head mottled with small, dark blotches; dorsal fin with eight blotches along its base; distal portion of membrane between dorsal-fin spines white; body with five horizontal, dark stripes; nape with two dark blotches in front of dorsal-fin origin; and caudal fin with five narrow, dark bands .Cross section: compressed.
🌀 Behaviour
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🦐 Diet
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🥚 Reproduction
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🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Marine; demersal. Tropical Northwest Pacific: Taiwan.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🔍 Similar Species
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