Scientific Name
Photopectoralis panayensis
Common Name
Panay ponyfish
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 8;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 16;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 14;
Vertebrae: 24. Mouth protruding forward, not downward; teeth small, slender, pointed, uniserial on jaws; membrane between jaws and cheeks densely pigmented, with a black line between anteroventral margin of eye and the lower articulation when mouth closed; lateral line incomplete, ending below base of 14th to 16th dorsal fin soft ray or at anterior caudal peduncle; body deep, 41-51% SL; posterior limb of maxilla long, 21-26% HL; anteroventral profile of lower jaw slightly concave; belly almost wholly scaled; large blotch on nape (Ref. 49864).