Main Ref. | Chen, I.-S., J.-H. Wu and C.-H. Hsu, 2008 |
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 | |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Diagnosed from all other species of the genus Candidia by the following unique combination of characters: dorsal fin with iii,7 rays; anal fin with iii,9-10 rays; pectoral fin with I, 14 rays ; scales on lateral line 46-50; scales above lateral line 9-10; scales below lateral line 3-4; predorsal scales 19-21; gill rakers 2+6 (total 8); pharyngeal teeth always 1,3,5 -4,4,1; shallow ventral keel on the posterior half of region between pelvic fin and anus; cheek with a series of 3-5 nuptial tubercles on cheek and lower jaw in adult males with 5-7 nuptial tubercles; eye large, eye diameter about equal to cheek depth in adult male; body with a uniform broad, longitudinal black stripe from upper opercle, through mid-lateral to caudal fin base; dorsal side dark grayish, a broad silvery white stripe just above the longitudinal black stripe; ventral side silvery-white; dorsal fin pinkish-red with distal transverse black bars in male; and eye with red-black region on dorsal two-third of eye iris (Ref. 79878). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | 46 - 50 |
Pored lateral line scales | |
Scales in lateral series | |
Scale rows above lateral line | 9 - 10 |
Scale rows below lateral line | 3 - 4 |
Scales around caudal peduncle | 7 - 8 |
Barbels | |
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
Gill rakers | |
on lower limb | 6 - 6 |
on upper limb | 2 - 2 |
total | 8 - 8 |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total | 44 - 46 |
Attributes | no striking attributes |
Fins number | 1 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 10 - 10 |
Adipose fin | present |
Attributes | forked |
Fins number | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 12 - 13 |
Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
Spines 1 | |
Soft-rays 14 - 14 | |
Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
Position abdominal | |
Spines 1 | |
Soft-rays 8 - 9 |