Main Ref. | De Weirdt, D., A. Getahun, S. Tshibwabwa and G.G. Teugels, 2007 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | no special organs |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | none |
Body shape lateral | fusiform / normal |
Cross section | |
Dorsal head profile | more or less straight |
Type of eyes | more or less normal |
Type of mouth/snout | more or less normal |
Position of mouth | |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Diagnosis: mouth inferior or subinferior; lips moderately developed, lower lip continuous; two pairs of well-developed barbels of about equal length of 0.67-0.75x eye diameter; lower jaw not reaching to anterior margin of eye; 29-30 scales in lateral line; last simple ray of dorsal fin ossified, not serrated, measuring 0.8x HL; snout 3.5-3.75x HL; length caudal peduncle 1-1.2x its height (Ref. 81639). Description: medium-sized species; scales with parallel striae; scale formula: 4.5/29-30/4.5/2.5/12; D: IV, 9-10; A: III, 5-6; P: 16; V: 10; lateral line complete (Ref. 81639). Coloration: ground color metallic brown, darker dorsally, paler ventrally; scales with dark margins; fins grey-brown (Ref. 81639). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | 1 Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | 29 - 30 |
Pored lateral line scales | |
Scales in lateral series | |
Scale rows above lateral line | 4 - 4 |
Scale rows below lateral line | 4.5 - 4.5 |
Scales around caudal peduncle | 12 - 12 |
Barbels | 4 |
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
Gill rakers | |
on lower limb | |
on upper limb | |
total | |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total |
Attributes | no striking attributes |
Fins number | 1 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | 1 - 1 |
Soft-rays total | 12 - 13 |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
Fins number | 1 |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 8 - 9 |
Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 16 - 16 | |
Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
Position abdominal | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 10 - 10 |