Scientific Name
Prionurus microlepidotus
Common Name
Sixplate sawtail
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 8;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 21-22;
Anal
spines: 3;
Anal
soft rays: 20 - 21. Colour grey-brown with indistinct dark bars on side of body, the 5 to 7 peduncular plates black. Body depth of subadults about 2 times in SL, the body becoming more elongate with age (to as much 3 times in SL in large adults). Adults developing a pronounced protuberance anteriorly on snout (Ref 9808).