Main Ref. | Myers, R.F., 1991 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | none |
Body shape lateral | short and / or deep |
Cross section | compressed |
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 |
Reddish brown with about 10 dark bars and reddish fins (Ref. 37816, 48635). A reflective black to bluish grey spot, sometimes rimmed with white, on operculum. Lateral line incomplete (Ref. 48635); characterized further by dark bands radiating from rear eye; incomplete lateral line with 10-13 tubed scales; greatest depth of body 2.7-3.1 in SL (Ref. 90102). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | 1 Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | 10 - 13 |
Pored lateral line scales | 12 - 12 |
Scales in lateral series | |
Scale rows above lateral line | |
Scale rows below lateral line | |
Scales around caudal peduncle | |
Barbels | 0 |
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
Gill rakers | |
on lower limb | 11 - 14 |
on upper limb | 2 - 3 |
total | 13 - 17 |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total |
Attributes | no striking attributes |
Fins number | 2 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
Ventral 0 - 0 | |
Spines total | 8 - 8 |
Soft-rays total | 9 - 9 |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
Fins number | 1 |
Spines total | 2 - 2 |
Soft-rays total | 8 - 8 |
Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
Spines 0 | |
Soft-rays 14 - 14 | |
Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
Position thoracic beneath origin of D1 | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays |