Main Ref. | McKay, R.J., 2001 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | short and / or deep |
Cross section | compressed |
Dorsal head profile | clearly convex |
Type of eyes | more or less normal |
Type of mouth/snout | more or less normal |
Position of mouth | terminal |
Type of scales | ctenoid scales |
Diagnosis |
Body color silvery to light burnished gold; dorsal fins with well defined blackish spots on interspinous membranes; adults with blackish spot on tip of each scale on back and upper sides. Body depth 3.2 tomes in SL. Head large; upper profile convex; gill cover and angle of preopercle lengthened as convex rounded lobe; gill cover extending to above 1/3 to 1/2 of pectoral fins. Mouth small; maxilla reaching to eye. Pores 2 and a median pit on chin (Ref. 47695). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | 43 - 43 |
Pored lateral line scales | |
Scales in lateral series | |
Scale rows above lateral line | 7 - 7 |
Scale rows below lateral line | 7 - 7 |
Scales around caudal peduncle | 16 - 16 |
Barbels | |
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
Gill rakers | |
on lower limb | |
on upper limb | |
total | |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total |
Attributes | |
Fins number | 1 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | 12 - 12 |
Soft-rays total | 14 - 14 |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
Fins number | 1 |
Spines total | 3 - 3 |
Soft-rays total | 7 - 7 |
Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
Spines | |
Soft-rays | |
Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
Position thoracic before origin of D1 | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays |