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Occurs on sand or mud bottoms.

Diagnosis. Dorsal fin with anterior pair of spinous rays close together, almost fused and produced into a long, trailing filament; pectoral and pelvic fins long, reaching to between level of anus and origin of anal fin; caudal fin forked, upper lobe produced into a trailing filament. Colour: upper part of head and body pinkish, silvery-white below; broad golden-yellow stripe beneath lateral-line, with distinct gold patch anteriorly beneath origin of lateralline; three narrow golden-yellow stripes laterally along ventral half of the body (third indistinct); yellow stripe on either side of ventral midline; dorsal fin translucent pinkish, anterior dorsal filament and margin of fin yellow; anal fin translucent, faint yellow or orange stripe along fin extending from near base of first spine to middle of last ray, basal part of fin pale bluish-white; caudal fin pink, upper tip and caudal filament yellow (pale in some specimens); pectoral fins pale pink; pelvic fins pink, axillary scale lemon-yellow.