Main Ref. | Winterbottom, R., 1984 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
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 | |
Diagnosis |
Brick-red in color, usually with two paler bars (one across pectoral base, the other centered on the space between the two dorsal fins); snout and chin fiery red, broken by two pale horizontal stripes from the dorsal and ventral margins of the pupil, respectively. The dorsal stripe passes anteriorly across the nostrils, the ventral stripe crosses the upper jaw and may continue onto the chin (Ref. 46430). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | 23 - 24 |
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 | 12 - 13 |
on upper limb | 2 - 3 |
total | 14 - 16 |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total | 26 - 26 |
Attributes | |
Fins number | 2 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
Ventral 0 - 0 | |
Spines total | 7 - 7 |
Soft-rays total | 9 - 11 |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes |
Fins number | 1 |
Spines total | 1 - 1 |
Soft-rays total | 7 - 11 |
Pectoral | Attributes |
Spines 0 | |
Soft-rays 18 - 20 | |
Pelvics | Attributes |
Position | |
Spines 1 | |
Soft-rays 5 - 5 |