Scientific Name
Apopterygion alta
Common Name
Tasselled triplefin
Biology
Dorsal
spines
(total): 16 - 17;
Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 10-12;
Anal
spines: 2;
Anal
soft rays: 19 - 22. 22-26 pored scales in the anterior lateral line series; 0-13 notched scales in the posterior series. The second dorsal fin without an ocellate black blotch but may be distally blackish, the anal fin pale, occasionally with whitish spots; the pelvic fin pale, and the dorsal fine spines each with two large distal spinules.