Main Ref. | Paugy, D. and S.A. Schaefer, 2007 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | no special organs |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | striking fins |
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 | terminal |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Diagnosis: fronto-parietal fontanel narrow but always present; head length/snout length 3.4-3.6; 34-38 lateral line scales; 6.5 scales between lateral line and dorsal fin; 11-11.5 predorsal scales; 22-25 anal fin branched rays; 13-14 gill rakers on lower limb of first gill arch; 6 teeth in outer premaxillary row; humeral spot present (Ref. 80290). Description: no adipose eyelid; gill rakers thin, short and few; 6 outer premaxillary teeth aligned in a single row (Ref. 80290). Coloration: ground colour silvery, back greenish, belly whitish and fins greyish (Ref. 80290). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | 1 Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | 34 - 38 |
Pored lateral line scales | |
Scales in lateral series | |
Scale rows above lateral line | 6 - 6 |
Scale rows below lateral line | |
Scales around caudal peduncle | |
Barbels | 0 |
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
Gill rakers | |
on lower limb | 13 - 14 |
on upper limb | |
total | |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total |
Attributes | other |
Fins number | |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | |
Adipose fin | present |
Attributes | forked; more or less normal |
Fins number | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total |
Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
Spines | |
Soft-rays | |
Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
Position abdominal beneath origin of D1 | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays |