Main Ref. | Ye, G., 1991 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | |
Cross section | |
Dorsal head profile | |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Short but high caudal fin. Cone-shaped head. Three pairs of barbels. Body covered by small round scales, no scale on the cheeks. Green gray in the body, yellowish stomach. A prominent black spot in the middle of the origin of caudal fin (Ref. 33389). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | |
Pored lateral line scales | |
Scales in lateral series | |
Scale rows above lateral line | |
Scale rows below lateral line | |
Scales around caudal peduncle | |
Barbels | |
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
Gill rakers | |
on lower limb | |
on upper limb | |
total | |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total |
Attributes | |
Fins number | 3 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 10 - 11 |
Adipose fin |
Attributes | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
Fins number | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 2 - 5 |
Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
Spines 1 | |
Soft-rays 9 - 13 | |
Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
Position abdominal | |
Spines 1 | |
Soft-rays 7 - 7 |