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Cinnabar Goatfish
Parupeneus heptacanthus
13.7607, 120.926
Field Notes
Description:
"Body brownish yellow to light red (deeper-dwelling fish more red), the edges of the scales darker, shading to silvery white ventrally; adults with a small reddish brown spot on upper side of body just below seventh and eighth lateral-line scales; an indistinct narrow yellow stripe often visible above the lateral line (more evident in juveniles and subadults); dorsal body scales often with a pale blue or pearly spot; faint iridescent blue lines extending dorsoposteriorly and ventroanteriorly from eye, and often a parallel one on the cheek below eye; second dorsal and anal fins with faint pale blue or pink narrow bands alternating with pale yellow."
Source: http://www.fishbase.us/country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?id=5991&c_code…
Notes:
Night dive. Depth of about 4.5 m. Anilao Pier, Batangas, Philippines
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