400:-like scales and with conical spines, the lower surface of the body has a complete covering of pointed, bony scales and the underside of the tail has a dense covering of small spines, apart from a few conical spines on its midline. The upper body is plain gray brown with paler tips to the bucklers, it sometimes has clusters of brown spots on the face and the shoulders, at the axils of the pectoral fins and on the tail. The juveniles have a black tip to the rostrum, clear spots on the face and shoulders, they sometimes have dark tips to the pectoral fins and a dusky dorsal fin with indistinct darker blotches. The slantbrow batfish has a maximum published
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are small, the dorsal fin is covered in skin and is on the tail while the anal fin is fleshy and under the tail. The upper surface of the body is covered in large
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coast in Mexico. It has also been recorded from near
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676:Christopher Scharpf (3 June 2024).
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1010:Taxa named by Margaret G. Bradbury
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247:Slantbrow batfish (
42:Conservation status
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