Morphology Data of Gymnotus ucamara
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Crampton, W.G.R., N.R. Lovejoy and J.S. Albert, 2003
Appearance refers to
Bones in OsteoBase

Sex attributes

Specialized organs
Different appearance
Different colors
Remarks

Descriptive characteristics of juvenile and adult

Striking features
Body shape lateral
Cross section
Dorsal head profile
Type of eyes
Type of mouth/snout
Position of mouth
Type of scales
Diagnosis

Color pattern with 18-24 dark brown bands separated by narrow pale interbands which are less than one-third the width of the dark bands (Ref. 49730).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Gymnotus ucamara

Lateral Lines Interrupted: No
Scales on lateral line
Pored lateral line scales 75 - 91
Scales in lateral series
Scale rows above lateral line 6 - 6
Scale rows below lateral line
Scales around caudal peduncle
Barbels
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only)
Gill rakers
on lower limb
on upper limb
total
Vertebrae
preanal
total

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes
Fins number
Finlets No. Dorsal   0 - 0
Ventral  0 - 0
Spines total 0 - 0
Soft-rays total 0 - 0
Adipose fin absent

Caudal fin

Attributes

Anal fin(s)

Fins number
Spines total
Soft-rays total 220 - 245

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  
Spines     
Soft-rays   15 - 16
Pelvics Attributes  suppressed/absent
Position    
Spines     0
Soft-rays   0 - 0
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