Main Ref. | Crampton, W.G.R., N.R. Lovejoy and J.S. Albert, 2003 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
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 |
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 |
Attributes | |
Fins number | |
Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
Ventral 0 - 0 | |
Spines total | 0 - 0 |
Soft-rays total | 0 - 0 |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes |
Fins number | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 220 - 245 |
Pectoral | Attributes |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 15 - 16 | |
Pelvics | Attributes suppressed/absent |
Position | |
Spines 0 | |
Soft-rays 0 - 0 |