Main Ref. | Chernoff, B., F. Provenzano, P.W. Willink and P. Petry, 2002 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | none |
Body shape lateral | |
Cross section | |
Dorsal head profile | clearly convex |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | terminal |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Distinguished from all other congeners, except B. colaroja, by its red caudal fin and greenish-silver body. Differs from all other Creatochanes, including B. colaroja, by the following combination of characters: posterior extension of maxilla not reaching vertical through articulation between second and third infraorbital; third infraorbital not contacting preopercle ventrally or at angle; 17-19 circumdorsal scales; no humeral mark; no caudal fin ocellus; anal fin pigment dense but restricted to margins of fin rays, not forming band; 18-19, rarely 20 precaudal vertebrae; anal fin originating under 18-19th centrum, rarely 20; dorsal fin originating above 10th, rarely 11th centrum; cheeks absence of conspicuous blotch of pigment ; caudal fin lobes equal in length (Ref. 47228). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | 43 - 47 |
Pored lateral line scales | |
Scales in lateral series | |
Scale rows above lateral line | 8 - 8 |
Scale rows below lateral line | 5 - 5 |
Scales around caudal peduncle | |
Barbels | |
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
Gill rakers | |
on lower limb | 9 - 12 |
on upper limb | 6 - 8 |
total | 16 - 19 |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total | 40 - 42 |
Attributes | |
Fins number | |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 11 - 11 |
Adipose fin | present |
Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
Fins number | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 26 - 30 |
Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 12 - 13 | |
Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
Position abdominal beneath origin of D1 | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays |