Main Ref. | Kottelat, M., 2000 |
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 | sub-terminal/inferior |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Anterior nostril pierced on front side of a flap; processus dentiformis present; median notch in upper lip absent or very small, lower lip interrupted medially; shallow median notch in lower jaw; head length 24.9-26.9 %SL; body depth 15.2-17.2 %SL; caudal peduncle length 14.6-17.0 %SL, depth 12.4-13.0 %SL, 1.16-1.33 times in length; lateral line complete; anus about 1-2 eye diameters in front of anal-fin origin; 8.5 branched dorsal-fin rays; 5.5 branched anal-fin rays; caudal fin emarginate, with 9+8 branched rays; axillary pelvic lobe present; body with 10-13 thin bars, much narrower than interspaces, quite regular anteriorly, more irregular on caudal peduncle, often interrupted or dissociated into blotches; a conspicuous row of chevron-shaped dots along lateral line; black bar at caudal-fin base complete, not reaching dorsal and ventral midlines; dorsal-fin base with a small black spot anteriorly, a low elongate orange patch, and a low, elongate grey blotch (Ref. 36949). |
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 | 1 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
Fins number | 1 |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total |
Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 10 - 13 | |
Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
Position abdominal beneath origin of D1 | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 7 - 8 |