Morphology Summary - Rhynchoconger smithi
Morphology Data of Rhynchoconger smithi
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Mohapatra, A., H.-C. Ho, S. Acharya, D. Ray and S.S. Mishra, 2022
Appearance refers to
Bones in OsteoBase

Sex attributes

Specialized organs
Different appearance
Different colors
Remarks

Descriptive characteristics of juvenile and adult

Striking features
Body shape lateral  (shape guide)
Cross section oval
Dorsal head profile
Type of eyes
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales
Diagnosis

This species is distinguished by the following characters: head smaller than trunk; eye small, diameter 2.0-2.2 in snout length; rictus reaching to level of the posterior margin of pupil; preanal length more than three times in TL; ethmovomerine teeth patch is broad, with 58-74 blunt teeth arranged in 7-8 irregular rows; vomerine teeth patch is small, with 18-28 granular teeth arranged in 4-6 irregular rows, distinctly separated by narrow spaces from the ethmovomerine and maxillary teeth; supra orbital pores 3 with one supra temporal pore; vertebrae: predorsal 6-7, preanal 32-33 and total 159+ - 164+ (Ref. 130180).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Rhynchoconger smithi

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 32 - 33
total 159

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes
Fins number
Finlets No. Dorsal   
Ventral  
Spines total
Soft-rays total
Adipose fin

Caudal fin  (shape guide)

Attributes

Anal fin(s)

Fins number
Spines total
Soft-rays total

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  
Spines     
Soft-rays   12 - 12
Pelvics Attributes  
Position    
Spines     
Soft-rays   
(e.g. 9948)
(e.g. oophagy)
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