Main Ref. | Williams, J.T., 1993 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks | Male first dorsal spine filamentous. No sexual variation in meristic characters (Ref. 10700). |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
Cross section | |
Dorsal head profile | |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Description: Dorsal fin XI-XIII, 14-15, incised above last spine, male first spine filamentous, higher than 2nd spine; anal fin II, 15-16; pectoral rays 14-16 (in general for the genus); pelvic fin I, 3-4; caudal fin procurrent rays 12. Vertebrae 9-10 + 20; last pleural rib on 11th, last epipleural rib on 15-17th vertebral centrum. Without scales and scalelike flaps. LL tubes 1-5, series ends below dorsal fin rays 1-5. Iris inner ring yellow, outer ring red, middle black. Cirri, nuchal 23-30, supraorbital 5-9, nasal 8-20. Nuchal cirri in 4 groups, dorsalmost cirri some not connected at their bases, with nuchal flap bearing the ventralmost groups. Simple cephalic sensory pore system. Body with horizontal stripe from eye to middle caudal-fin rays, brown (Ref. 10700). |
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 | 9 - 10 |
total | 29 - 30 |
Attributes | |
Fins number | 1 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | 11 - 13 |
Soft-rays total | 14 - 15 |
Adipose fin |
Attributes |
Fins number | 1 |
Spines total | 2 - 2 |
Soft-rays total | 15 - 16 |
Pectoral | Attributes |
Spines | |
Soft-rays | |
Pelvics | Attributes |
Position | |
Spines 1 | |
Soft-rays 3 - 4 |