Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 21 - 23; Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 18 - 19; Vertebrae: 25. Preopercular serrae: 30-50.

Common Names

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Gulplettet teglfisk , Danish , Denmark

Yellow-blotched tilefish , English , Philippines

Yellow-spotted tilefish , English , Indonesia

福氏似弱棘魚 , Mandarin Chinese , China

福氏似弱棘鱼 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Matang dagat , Tagalog , Philippines

Nalagalep , Tagalog , Philippines

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Eupercaria/misc

Family: Malacanthidae

Genus: Hoplolatilus

Species: Hoplolatilus fourmanoiri Smith, 1964

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Found on silty sand bottoms with coral rocks (Ref. 9710). Feeds on zooplankton (Ref. 9137). Solitary or in pairs (Ref 90102).

Habitat

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associated