| Ref. principal | Paugy, D., 2003 |
| Aparência refere-se a | |
| Bones in OsteoBase | Skull, Spine |
| órgãos especializados | |
| aparência diferente | |
| cores diferentes | |
| Notas |
| Características determinantes | none |
| Forma lateral do corpo | fusiform / normal |
| Secção transversal | compressed |
| Perfil dorsal da cabeça | more or less straight |
| Tipo de olhos | more or less normal |
| Tipo de boca/focinho | more or less normal |
| Posição da boca | terminal |
| Type of scales | ctenoid scales |
| Diagnose |
Diagnosis: mouth large and protrusible (Ref. 28714, 81285, 81652), lower jaw (slightly) prominent (Ref. 81285, 81652). Numerous villiform teeth present in jaws, on palate (Ref. 81285, 81652) and vomer (Ref. 81652). Preorbital/lachrymal (Ref. 4967, 81652) and preopercle (Ref. 4967, 81285, 81652) denticulate. Strong, prominent opercular spine present (Ref. 4967, 81285, 81652) on free edge of opercle, and a smaller one dorsal to it (Ref. 81652). Dorsal fin divided by a deep notch into anterior spiny and posterior soft-rayed sections; anal fin with 3 spines; pelvics with a spine and situated close to the pectorals (Ref. 28714). Caudal fin rounded (Ref. 4967, 81285, 81652). Scales ctenoid, 54-74 along lateral line, followed by 6-8 pored scales on caudal-fin base; ceratobranchial (lower limb) of first gill arch with 12-14 gill rakers (Ref. 81285). Coloration: body uniformly silvery (Ref. 81285) or dark greyish-blue dorsally, greyish-silver on flank and ventrally (Ref. 34290, 81652). Fins greyish; interior of eye conspicuously yellowish (Ref. 81285). Juveniles brownish with lighter marbling (Ref. 81285) on head and flanks (Ref. 81652). |
| Facilidade de identificação |
| Linhas laterais | 1 interrompido: No |
| Escamas na linha lateral | 54 - 80 |
| Escamas da linha lateral com poros | |
| Escamas em séries laterais | |
| Fileiras de escamas acima da linha lateral | |
| Fileiras de escamas abaixo da linha lateral | |
| Escamas em torno do pedúnculo caudal | |
| Barbilhões | 0 |
| Fissuras branquiais (tubarões/raias apenas) | |
| Raios branquiais | |
| no membro inferior | 12 - 14 |
| no membro superior | |
| total | |
| Vértebras | |
| Pré-anal | |
| total |
| Atributos | no striking attributes |
| Número de barbatanas | 1notched No |
| No. de pínulas | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| Total de espinhos | 7 - 8 |
| Total de raios moles | 8 - 14 |
| Barbatana adiposa | absent |
| Atributos | other (see remark); more or less normal |
| Número de barbatanas | 1 |
| Total de espinhos | 3 - 3 |
| Total de raios moles | 7 - 9 |
| Peitoral | Atributos more or less normal |
| espinhos | |
| Raios moles | |
| Pélvica | Atributos more or less normal |
| posição thoracic before origin of D1 | |
| espinhos | |
| Raios moles |