Referencia principal | Bauchot, M.L., 2003 |
El aspecto se refiere a | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
órganos especializados | no special organs |
diverso aspecto | |
diversos colores | |
Observaciones |
Características llamativas | none |
Forma lateral del cuerpo | elongated |
Sección transversal | oval |
Perfil dorsal de la cabeza | more or less straight |
Tipo de ojos | more or less normal |
Tipo de boca/hocico | more or less normal |
Posición de la boca | terminal |
Type of scales | cycloid scales |
Diagnosis |
Diagnosis: Elops senegalensis is often confused with Elops lacerta, from which it is distinguished by a smaller number of gill-rakers on the lower limb of the first gill arch, being 11-15 vs. 17-19; and a greater number of small scales in the lateral line, 92-100 vs. 72-83 in E. lacerta (Ref. 2844, 81265). Description: Spindle-shaped fish, oval in cross-section (Ref. 81265). Eyes large, partially covered by an adipose eyelid; mouth terminal, gape wide, the upper jaw extending distinctly beyond hind margin of eye; lower jaw slightly prominent, with a bony gular plate placed ventrally between its two branches (Ref. 81265). All fins spineless; a single dorsal fin positioned at about mid-length of body, its long base enclosed in a scaly sheath; pectoral fins set low on sides, pelvics abdominal; both paired fins with a scaly axillary process above their bases; caudal fin deeply forked (Ref. 81265). Colouration: The colour of this species is the same as in Elops lacerta (Ref. 2844, 81265). |
Facilidad de identificación |
Líneas laterales | 1 interrumpido: No |
Escalas en la línea lateral | 92 - 100 |
Escalas de la línea lateral con poros | |
Escalas en las series laterales | |
Filas de escalas sobre la línea lateral | |
Filas de escalas debajo de la línea lateral | |
Escalas alrededor del peduncule caudal | |
Barbillas | |
Hendiduras branquiales (solamente tiburones/rayas) | |
Branquispinas | |
en el miembro inferior | 11 - 15 |
en el miembro superior | |
total | |
Vértebra | |
preanal | |
total |
Cualidades | no striking attributes |
Número de las aletas | 1 |
número de pínnulas | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
total de espinas | 0 - 0 |
Total de rayos suaves | |
Aleta adiposa |
Cualidades | forked; more or less normal |
Número de las aletas | 1 |
total de espinas | 0 - 0 |
Total de rayos suaves |
Pectoral | Cualidades more or less normal |
espinas | |
Rayos-suaves | |
Pélvicas | Cualidades more or less normal |
posición abdominal before origin of D1 | |
espinas | |
Rayos-suaves |