Main Ref. | Saruwatari, T., J.A. López and T.W. Pietsch, 1997 |
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 |
Vomer without posterior process; periphery of glossohyal bone with single row of conical teeth, central part toothless; pyloric caeca 4(2-5); base of adipose fin more than 20% of head length; eye large; adipose eyelid poorly developed. |
Ease of Identification | difficult to identify using external characters only. |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | 53 - 62 |
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 | 7 - 11 |
on upper limb | 18 - 22 |
total | 27 - 32 |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | 32 - 36 |
total | 52 - 57 |
Attributes | |
Fins number | 1 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
Ventral 0 - 0 | |
Spines total | 0 - 0 |
Soft-rays total | 9 - 11 |
Adipose fin | present |
Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
Fins number | 1 |
Spines total | 0 - 0 |
Soft-rays total | 16 - 20 |
Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
Spines 0 | |
Soft-rays 10 - 13 | |
Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
Position abdominal behind origin of D1 | |
Spines 0 | |
Soft-rays 8 - 9 |