teeth clearly visible |
normal (not striking) |
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teeth clearly visible |
elongated |
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lateral row |
no other melanophores |
melanophores on head + trunk |
ventral row |
one dorso-ventral cluster or band |
melanophores on head + trunk |
unpigmented |
unpigmented |
with row of melanophores |
normal without melanophores |
fin rays only without melanophores |
Caudal peduncle pigmentation heavy; gill filaments not projecting beyond gill cover.
Pigmentation:
Preflexion: on snout tip, isthmus, and occiput; between orbits; at pectoral fin base; 3 peritoneal patches; on myosepta at midlateral line of trunk; on caudal peduncle.
Flexion: row on tail ventrally; on epaxial myosepta at shoulder and above anus; on midlateral trunk myosepta; vertical rows on tail myosepta; proximally on dorsal finfold at midbody; proximally on anal finfold near midtail; on caudal fin base.
Postflexion: increasing on head and trunk myosepta; heavy on dorsum and ventrum on caudal peduncle; vertical series on operculum.
Transformation: on all fins; large blotches forming linearly, associated with the 3 muscle bands.
Sequence of fin development: caudal, dorsal, pelvics and anal, pectorals. |