Description

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 45 - 50; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 36 - 40. Shoulder without the ocellated spot. Anterior interorbital pore absent. Preopercular canal with 6 pores. No scales on cheeks, opercles and nape. Gill membranes fused ventrally and free from isthmus.

Common Names

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Zoeloe-slangetjie , Afrikaans , South Africa

Zulu snakelet , English , South Africa

沙氏蛇鳚鯛 , Mandarin Chinese , China

沙氏蛇鳚鲷 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Ovalentaria/misc

Family: Pseudochromidae

Genus: Halimuraena

Species: Halimuraena shakai Winterbottom, 1978

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Known from limestone and coral reefs.

Habitat

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associated