| Main Ref. | Keith, P., R. Hadiaty, N. Hubert, F. Busson and C. Lord, 2014 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | |
| Different appearance | |
| Different colors | |
| Remarks | Males with greater second dorsal and anal fin lengths, jaw length, predorsal length, head length and caudal peduncle depth. Males with urogenital papilla slender and pointed distally without associated lobes or expanded tissue, urogenital papilla retractable into a sheath-like groove (vs. urogenital papilla rectangular in appearance and also retractable into a sheath-like groove in females). |
| Striking features | |
| Body shape lateral | |
| Cross section | |
| Dorsal head profile | |
| Type of eyes | |
| Type of mouth/snout | |
| Position of mouth | |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Lentipes ikeae can be disgnosed by the following characters: 16-17 pectoral rays; second dorsal and anal fins with I,9; 23-35 lateral scales; urogenital papilla retractable into a sheath-like groove and without lobes or other expanded tissue; base of the first dorsal fin not reaching (or slightly reaching) the base of the second dorsal fin origin in both sexes; and male with specific body color, with a blue belly, a second dorsal fin with one or two black spots, and a more or less visible bright red band on caudal peduncle (Ref. 97410). |
| Ease of Identification |
| Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
| Scales on lateral line | 23 - 35 |
| 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 | 2 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | 7 - 7 |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 9 |
| Adipose fin | absent |
| Attributes | more or less truncate |
| Fins number | |
| Spines total | 1 - 1 |
| Soft-rays total | 9 - 9 |
| Pectoral | Attributes |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 16 - 17 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes part of sucker-disc |
| Position | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 5 - 5 |