Morphology Data of Coelorinchus fasciatus
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Iwamoto, T., 1986
Appearance refers to
Bones in OsteoBase

Sex attributes

Specialized organs
Different appearance
Different colors
Remarks

Descriptive characteristics of juvenile and adult

Striking features striking shape of body
Body shape lateral elongated
Cross section oval
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 sub-terminal/inferior
Type of scales cycloid scales
Diagnosis

The head is relatively large; the eyes also large. Body tapers abruptly behind the first dorsal fin. Color is swarthy overall, pale ventrally. Back with 8 - 10 broad saddles or bars extending slightly below the lateral line. The fins are dusky except for the whitish outermost pelvic ray. The mouth and gill cavities gray to black.

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Coelorinchus fasciatus

Lateral Lines 1 Interrupted: No
Scales on lateral line
Pored lateral line scales
Scales in lateral series
Scale rows above lateral line 4 - 4
Scale rows below lateral line
Scales around caudal peduncle
Barbels 0
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only)
Gill rakers
on lower limb
on upper limb
total 6 - 10
Vertebrae
preanal
total

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes extending over most of the back length
Fins number 2
Finlets No. Dorsal   0 - 0
Ventral  0 - 0
Spines total 2 - 2
Soft-rays total 113 - 122
Adipose fin absent

Caudal fin

Attributes

Anal fin(s)

Fins number 1
Spines total 0 - 0
Soft-rays total 90

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  more or less normal
Spines     0
Soft-rays   16 - 20
Pelvics Attributes  more or less normal
Position    thoracic  beneath origin of D1
Spines     0
Soft-rays   7 - 8
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