| Main Ref. | Valdesalici, S., 2015 |
| Appearance refers to | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| Specialized organs | no special organs |
| Different appearance | males alike females |
| Different colors | always different colors between mature adults |
| Remarks | Coloration: Males: Flank light blue with reflective yellow sheen and 8 interrupted red stripes, three of which located on caudal peduncle; dorsum brownish; opercle dark greyishblue; ventral part of head light blue; upper and lower jaw dark brown to red; iris yellow; dorsalfin cream with red dots and elongated spots except on distal portion; anal-fin light blue with yellow reflective sheen, series of red dots on basal portion, black stripe on distal margin; caudal-fin pale grey-brown with greenish stripes and red dots between rays, a broad yellow to creamywhitish distal margin, greyish-yellow ventral stripe with narrow grey margin; pectoral-fin hyaline, yellowish on basal portion; pelvic-fin light blue (Ref. 119428). Females: Flank pale greyish-brown with reflective yellow sheen and irregular black dots and spots forming 3 to 6 irregular lines on caudal peduncle; dorsum dark brownish; venter light blue to greyish-white; head dark brown with blue reflective sheen; iris yellow; dorsal-fin yellowish with dark brown to black spots; anal-fin light blue with red to dark brown dots; caudal-fin opaque grey with black dots, ventral portion without dots, round black spot on dorsal portion of caudal-fin base; pectoral-fin yellowish; pelvic-fin light blue (Ref. 119428). |
| Striking features | none |
| Body shape lateral | elongated |
| Cross section | oval |
| 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 | |
| Diagnosis |
Diagnosis: Anablepsoides fransvermeuleni is distinguished from other members of the A. igneus group by the following combination of characters: frontal squamation D-patterned; 14-15 pectoralfin rays; 42-45 scales in the longitudinal series; 12-13 scales in the transverse series; males with 3 red interrupted stripes over a light blue background on the caudal peduncle; caudal-fin subtruncate, with a broad yellow distal margin; and females with a round black spot on dorsal portion of caudal-fin base (Ref. 119428). |
| 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 | |
| total | |
| Vertebrae | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Attributes | no striking attributes |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Finlets No. | Dorsal |
| Ventral | |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 8 - 11 |
| Adipose fin |
| Attributes | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
| Fins number | 1 |
| Spines total | |
| Soft-rays total | 15 - 18 |
| Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 14 - 15 | |
| Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
| Position abdominal before origin of D1 | |
| Spines | |
| Soft-rays 6 |