Morphology Data of Pangio fusca
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Kottelat, M., 1998
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 elongated
Cross section
Dorsal head profile
Type of eyes
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales
Diagnosis

Differs from all its congeners, except P. pulla and P. apoda by the absence of its pelvic fins and pelvic girdle. Distinguished from P. pulla and P. apoda by the presence of nasal barbels (vs. absence), and further from P. apoda by more abdominal vertebrae (41-44 vs. 38-39), and a further posteriorly placed dorsal fin (predorsal length 74.8-78.7 % SL vs. 69;0-73.3), and from P. pulla by the plain brown color pattern (vs. blackish brown with 20-25 narrow vertical bars) and fewer vertebrae (42-44+ 12-15=55-58 vs. 46-48 + 15-16=61-62). From all other species in Myanmar it differs further by the presence of a nasal barbel (vs. absence), from P. elongata, P. lumbriciformis and P. signicauda by a higher (7.5-9.7 % SL vs. 4.15.0) and shorter caudal peduncle (9.4-12.2 % SL vs. 14.9-16.6), and a different color pattern (plain brown vs. with dark marks on body and fins), from P. pangia and P. elongata by the number of abdominal vertebrae (41-44 vs. 34-39 in P. pangia and 44-46 in P. elongata), and further from P. pangia by shorter pectoral fins (5.7-7.0 % SL vs. 8.2-9.6) (Ref. 57993).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Pangio fusca

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
Vertebrae
preanal 41 - 44
total 52 - 58

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes
Fins number 1
Finlets No. Dorsal   
Ventral  
Spines total
Soft-rays total 8 - 8
Adipose fin absent

Caudal fin

Attributes more or less truncate; more or less normal

Anal fin(s)

Fins number
Spines total
Soft-rays total 7 - 7

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  more or less normal
Spines     
Soft-rays   7 - 8
Pelvics Attributes  more or less normal
Position    abdominal  before origin of D1
Spines     
Soft-rays   
Main Ref. (e.g. 9948)
Glossary ( e.g. cephalopods )
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