Morphology Data of Thoracochromis albolabris
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Lamboj, A., 2004
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
Cross section
Dorsal head profile
Type of eyes
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales
Diagnosis

Description: moderately slender; head relatively large; snout relatively long; lips thickened and fleshy; frontal profile straight to slightly rounded; caudal fin truncate to subtruncate (Ref. 52307).

Coloration: front of head and dorsal parts of

body more brownish in males; cheeks and opercles, along with most of flanks and caudal peduncle, grayish-blue; ventral body parts more pale to light brown; some body scales reddish at their base; posterior portion of dorsal fin and caudal fin with reddish dots or maculae; anal fin with some egg spots; females grayish-brown to brown, without unique pigmentation or coloration

patterns (Ref. 52307).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Thoracochromis albolabris

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 0
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only)
Gill rakers
on lower limb
on upper limb
total
Vertebrae
preanal
total

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes
Fins number 1
Finlets No. Dorsal   0
Ventral  0
Spines total
Soft-rays total
Adipose fin absent

Caudal fin

Attributes more or less truncate

Anal fin(s)

Fins number 1
Spines total
Soft-rays total

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  
Spines     
Soft-rays   
Pelvics Attributes  
Position    
Spines     
Soft-rays   
Main Ref. (e.g. 9948)
Glossary ( e.g. cephalopods )
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