Morphology Data of Parabathymyrus philippinensis
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Ho, H.-C., D.G. Smith and K.-T. Shao, 2015
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 eel-like
Cross section oval
Dorsal head profile
Type of eyes
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales
Diagnosis

This species is distinguished by the following characters: head 5.6-5.7 in TL; supraorbital pores 3; preanal vertebrae 42; total vertebrae 141-142; preanal lateral-line (LL) pores 40-42; total LL pores 140-141 (Ref. 106113).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Parabathymyrus philippinensis

Lateral Lines Interrupted: No
Scales on lateral line
Pored lateral line scales 140 - 141
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 42 - 42
total 141 - 142

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

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

Caudal fin

Attributes

Anal fin(s)

Fins number
Spines total
Soft-rays total

Paired fins

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