| Referencia principal | Van den Bergh, E.C. and G.G. Teugels, 1998 |
| El aspecto se refiere a | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| órganos especializados | no special organs |
| diverso aspecto | always different morphology between mature adults |
| diversos colores | |
| Observaciones | Females tend to reach larger size and have fuller ventral profile; ventral and pectoral fins of males tend to be longer and reach more often beyond the anal- and ventral-fin base; vertical bars shorter and wider in females; in males only one row of scales between dorsal fin base and vertical bars, in females there are two rows (Ref. 27690). |
| Características llamativas | none |
| Forma lateral del cuerpo | fusiform / normal |
| Sección transversal | |
| Perfil dorsal de la cabeza | more or less straight |
| Tipo de ojos | more or less normal |
| Tipo de boca/hocico | more or less normal |
| Posición de la boca | sub-terminal/inferior |
| Type of scales | |
| Diagnosis |
Diagnosis: mouth subinferior; barbels absent; lateral line incomplete with 4-7 perforated scales; 22-25 scales in lateral line; 10 circumpeduncular scales; 2.5-3.0 scales between lateral line and pelvic fin insertion; gill rakers present along lower limb of first gill arch; dorsal fin with straight posterior margin; last simple ray of dorsal fin soft and flexible; 4 simple rays in dorsal fin; 15-17 rays in pectoral fin (Ref. 27690, 81639). 3 infraorbital bones with clearly visible sensory canals (Ref. 27690). Description: small-sized; scales with divergent striae; lateral line incomplete: with 4-6 perforated scales; 22-25 scales in lateral line; 3.0-3.5 scales between lateral line and dorsal fin origin (Ref. 27690, 81639). 4.5 scales between lateral line and mid-belly (Ref. 81639). D:IV,8; A:III,5; P:15-17; V:II,8; dorsal fin with straight border, last simple ray flexible (Ref. 27690, 81639). Coloration: ground color pale olive, silvery ventrally; black round spot on caudal fin base and 6-9 vertical bars on flanks; black spot on anterior part of dorsal and anal fins; snout with black band; scales with dark brown border (Ref. 27690, 81639). |
| Facilidad de identificación |
| Líneas laterales | interrumpido: No |
| Escalas en la línea lateral | 22 - 25 |
| Escalas de la línea lateral con poros | 4 - 7 |
| Escalas en las series laterales | |
| Filas de escalas sobre la línea lateral | 3 - 3.5 |
| Filas de escalas debajo de la línea lateral | 4.5 - 4.5 |
| Escalas alrededor del peduncule caudal | 10 - 10 |
| Barbillas | 0 |
| Hendiduras branquiales (solamente tiburones/rayas) | |
| Branquispinas | |
| en el miembro inferior | 3 - 4 |
| en el miembro superior | 8 - 11 |
| total | |
| Vértebra | |
| preanal | |
| total | 31 - 32 |
| Cualidades | no striking attributes |
| Número de las aletas | 1 |
| número de pínnulas | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| total de espinas | 0 - 0 |
| Total de rayos suaves | 12 - 12 |
| Aleta adiposa | absent |
| Cualidades | forked; more or less normal |
| Número de las aletas | 1 |
| total de espinas | 0 - 0 |
| Total de rayos suaves | 8 - 8 |
| Pectoral | Cualidades more or less normal |
| espinas 0 | |
| Rayos-suaves 15 - 17 | |
| Pélvicas | Cualidades more or less normal |
| posición abdominal beneath origin of D1 | |
| espinas 0 | |
| Rayos-suaves 10 - 10 |