Main Ref. | Kottelat, M., 2000 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | elongated |
Cross section | |
Dorsal head profile | |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | sub-terminal/inferior |
Type of scales | |
Diagnose |
Anterior nostril pierced on front side of a flap; processus dentiformis present; very shallow median notch in upper lip, lower lip with a median incision; lower jaw with a shallow notch; lateral line complete; anus about 1-2 eye diameters in front of anal-fin origin; 8.5 branched dorsal-fin rays; 5.5 branched anal-fin rays; caudal fin emarginate, with 9+8 branched rays; axillary pelvic lobe present; body with a midlateral row of 12-15 vertically elongated blotches, usually only those posterior to dorsal-fin origin distinct, anterior ones more or less fused and not very well defined; a broad midlateral stripe superimposed on these blotches, usually darker anteriorly and masking the anterior blotches; saddles along back very irregularly shaped, sometimes fused into an irregular stripe an caudal peduncle or forming squarish marks with pale centre on predorsal area; black bar at caudal-fin base complete, but not reaching dorsal and ventral midlines; a conspicuous elongate black spot at base of anterior dorsal-fin rays (Ref. 36949). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | |
Pored lateral line scales | |
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 | |
insgesamt | |
Wirbelzahl | |
preanal | |
insgesamt |
Attributes | |
Fins number | 1 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
Fins number | 1 |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total |
Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 10 - 13 | |
Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
Position abdominal beneath origin of D1 | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 7 - 8 |