Main Ref. | Machida, Y., 1990 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | elongated |
Cross section | |
Dorsal head profile | |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Rather elongate body with blunt head; eye almost as long as snout; upper jaws ends well behind eye; 3 sharp spines on preopercle and 1strong opercular spine; 1 median and a pair of basibranchial tooth patches; 5-6 developed rakers on anterior gill arch; pelvic fins inserted beneath eye and extended well beyond head; precaudal vertebrae 13 (Ref. 34024). Snout spine present (Ref. 34024). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | |
Pored lateral line scales | |
Scales in lateral series | |
Scale rows above lateral line | 10 - 10 |
Scale rows below lateral line | 27 - 27 |
Scales around caudal peduncle | |
Barbels | |
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
Gill rakers | |
on lower limb | |
on upper limb | |
total | 5 - 5 |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total | 53 - 53 |
Attributes | |
Fins number | |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 94 - 94 |
Adipose fin |
Attributes |
Fins number | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 79 |
Pectoral | Attributes |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 22 | |
Pelvics | Attributes |
Position | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 2 |