Main Ref. | Holleman, W. and C.D. Buxton, 1993 |
Appearance refers to | Male; Female |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks | Male and females differ in head and dorsal fin pigmentation, and caudal fin bars absent in females (Ref. 35802). |
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 | ctenoid scales |
Diagnosis |
Description: Small fusiform tripterygiid, less than 3.5 cm SL. Dorsal fin IV + XIII + 10, first fin lowest, third fin highest, spines and rays with lateral branches; anal fin I + 18-19; pectoral rays 16, also branched; pelvic fin I, 2, spine short and hidden, rays slender, partially united by membrane; caudal rays 6+7, divided once (except the upper-and lowermost), procurrent 6+5. Vertebrae 11 + 23-24; pleural ribs 9, epipleural ribs 11. LL total lateral scales 34; pored series 15-18 (16) scales; posterior notched series scales 19-22 (22), two scale rows after the end of the pored series; transverse scales 3/7; head and body covered with scales including belly and bases of fins; scales ctenoid with stout ctennii, small and modified on cheeks and opercle. Head broad, blunt, and with spiny papillae on snout and perimeter of eyes. Mandibular pores 3+2+3. Infraorbital canal single, unbranched. Head orange, paler and banded in females. Body pale grey with 5 distinct deep orange bars, darkest on caudal peduncle (Ref. 35802). |
Ease of Identification | easy to distinguish from other species. |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | 34 - 34 |
Pored lateral line scales | 15 - 18 |
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 | no striking attributes |
Fins number | 3 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | 16 - 18 |
Soft-rays total | 9 - 10 |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
Fins number | 1 |
Spines total | 1 - 1 |
Soft-rays total | 18 - 19 |
Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 15 - 16 | |
Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
Position thoracic beneath origin of D1 | |
Spines 1 | |
Soft-rays 2 - 2 |