| Ref. principal | Gosse, J.P., E.J. Coenen and G.G. Teugels, 2003 |
| Aparência refere-se a | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| órgãos especializados | no special organs |
| aparência diferente | |
| cores diferentes | different colors in juveniles and adults |
| Notas | In juveniles band composed of series small, rounded spots (Ref. 2936, 86396). |
| Características determinantes | none |
| Forma lateral do corpo | short and / or deep |
| Secção transversal | compressed |
| Perfil dorsal da cabeça | more or less straight |
| Tipo de olhos | more or less normal |
| Tipo de boca/focinho | more or less normal |
| Posição da boca | terminal |
| Type of scales | ctenoid scales |
| Diagnose |
Diagnosis: snout and anal fin short; head length 22.9-31.8% SL; scale formula 5-6/42-45/-; 13-16 scales around caudal peduncle; 1.5-3 scales between anus and anal-fin origin; development lateral line variable with geographical region; pectoral fins not reaching to pelvic-fin bases; dorsal-fin origin distinctly ahead of pelvic-fin insertions; 8-12 anal fin branched rays; 11-14 dorsal fin branched rays; 10-13 pectoral fin branched rays; 8-10 pelvic fin branched rays; back usually uniformly brown (sometimes with cross-bars); dark band covering mid-lateral series of scales, and extending unto central caudal-fin rays (Ref. 2936, 86396). Description: snout pointed; relatively short and compressed body; upper jaw with 10-14 bicuspid teeth; progressive decrease (from 16 to 13) in number of scales around caudal peduncle from west towards east; lateral line complete or almost complete in Gambia, Guinea Bissau and Sierra Leone (37-45 lateral line scales, 42-45 lateral stripe), but incomplete in Senegal, Niger-Bénoué, Chad, Bandama, Comoe, Volta and Pra (12-44 lateral line scales, 39-45 lateral stripe) (Ref. 2936, 86396). Coloration: brown lateral stripe from snout to caudal fin base; in juveniles band composed of series small, rounded spots; yellow body, uniformly brown back (sometimes with about ten cross-bars), pink fins; dorsal fin sometimes marked with 2 or 3 transverse stripes (Ref. 2936, 86396). |
| Facilidade de identificação |
| Linhas laterais | 1 interrompido: No |
| Escamas na linha lateral | |
| Escamas da linha lateral com poros | |
| Escamas em séries laterais | 42 - 45 |
| Fileiras de escamas acima da linha lateral | 5 - 6 |
| Fileiras de escamas abaixo da linha lateral | |
| Escamas em torno do pedúnculo caudal | 13 - 16 |
| Barbilhões | 0 |
| Fissuras branquiais (tubarões/raias apenas) | |
| Raios branquiais | |
| no membro inferior | 7 - 10 |
| no membro superior | |
| total | |
| Vértebras | |
| Pré-anal | |
| total |
| Atributos | no striking attributes |
| Número de barbatanas | 1 |
| No. de pínulas | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Total de espinhos | |
| Total de raios moles | |
| Barbatana adiposa | present |
| Atributos | forked; more or less normal |
| Número de barbatanas | 1 |
| Total de espinhos | |
| Total de raios moles |
| Peitoral | Atributos more or less normal |
| espinhos | |
| Raios moles | |
| Pélvica | Atributos more or less normal |
| posição abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
| espinhos | |
| Raios moles |