Main Ref. | Pietsch, T.W., 1986 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | short and / or deep |
Cross section | |
Dorsal head profile | |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Illicium short, its base in advance of eye; rays of pectoral and unpaired fins sparsely pigmented, except their bases black; two pairs of swellings in the distal end of esca, almost equal in size and shape (Ref. 13608). Description: Distinguishing characteristics of metamorphosed female: length of anterior escal appendage 2.7-16% SL in specimens less than 10 cm, 16-42% SL in larger specimens; distal escal appendages 0.9-2.1% SL in specimens less than 20 cm, 1.0-4.2% SL in larger specimens; blunt distal escal lobes; posterior escal appendages undivided proximally, simple or divided distally into 2-6 branches, total length 4.6-20% in SL in specimens less than 10 cm, 15-34% SL in larger specimens; 2-13 posterolateral appendages on and closely below base of escal bulb, usually all arranged in pairs, simple or divided into 2-9 branches, distal and longest pair 14-41% SL in specimens less than 10 cm, 23-51% SL in larger specimens (Ref. 86949). |
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 0 - 0 |
Ventral 0 - 0 | |
Spines total | 1 - 1 |
Soft-rays total | 5 - 6 |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes |
Fins number | 1 |
Spines total | 0 - 0 |
Soft-rays total | 4 - 4 |
Pectoral | Attributes |
Spines 0 | |
Soft-rays 15 - 18 | |
Pelvics | Attributes |
Position | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays |