| 診断 |
Diagnosis: laterally compressed body; hugh, upwardly directed mouth; eye relatively small; largest known member of the genus (Ref. 55949).
Description: deep body; very large, steeply angled, upwardly pointing mouth; usually a markedly projecting lower jaw (Ref. 55949).
Coloration: females and non-breeding males silvery and countershaded; large fish tend to have a purplish sheen, while smaller ones are more brownish; snout usually grey with purple sheen; ripe males with silvery flanks, but head, snout, dorsum, chin, belly and fins black; dorsal fin lappets white; 3-5 pale yellow or white eggspots in a single row on anal fin (Ref. 55949). |
