Morphology Data of Aphaniops ginaonis
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Teimori, A., H.R. Esmaeili, D. Erpenbeck and B. Reichenbacher, 2014
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 fusiform / normal
Cross section
Dorsal head profile
Type of eyes
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales
Diagnosis

Description: males with 5-7 and females with 4-7 dorsal-fin rays; males and females with 7-9 anal-fin rays; males with 15-18 and females with 15-17 pectoral-fin rays; males and females with 7-8 pelvic-fin rays; males with 13-17 and females with 13-16 gill rakers (Ref. 96446).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Aphaniops ginaonis

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
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only)
Gill rakers
on lower limb
on upper limb
total 13 - 17
Vertebrae
preanal
total

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes
Fins number
Finlets No. Dorsal   
Ventral  
Spines total
Soft-rays total 4 - 7
Adipose fin

Caudal fin

Attributes

Anal fin(s)

Fins number
Spines total
Soft-rays total 7 - 9

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  
Spines     
Soft-rays   15 - 18
Pelvics Attributes  
Position    
Spines     
Soft-rays   7 - 8
Main Ref. (e.g. 9948)
Glossary ( e.g. cephalopods )
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