| Ref. principal | Randall, J.E., G.R. Allen and R.C. Steene, 1990 |
| El aspecto se refiere a | |
| Bones in OsteoBase |
| órganos especializados | other |
| diverso aspecto | always different morphology between mature adults |
| diversos colores | |
| Observaciones | Males with brood pouch; females with ovipositor (Ref. 205). |
| CaracterÃsticas llamativas | striking shape of body |
| Forma lateral del cuerpo (shape guide) | eel-like |
| Sección transversal | angular |
| Perfil dorsal de la cabeza | clearly concave |
| Tipo de ojos | more or less normal |
| Tipo de boca/hocico | tube-like |
| Posición de la boca | terminal |
| Tipo de escalas | |
| Diagnosis |
Superior trunk and tail ridges discontinuous; inferior trunk ridge ending at anal ring; lateral trunk ridge continuous with inferior tail ridge; body rings 14 or 15 + 25-25. Colors vary with habitat, colorful on algae-rubble and dull on sand (Ref. 48635). Description: Characterized by having variable color, usually shades of red, green or brown with pale blotches; 10 caudal rays; discontinuous superior trunk and tail ridges; inferior trunk ridge ends at anal ring; irregular minute spines on median dorsal snout ridge; head and body with large dermal flaps (exaggerated in juvenile); length of snout 1.5-1.8 in head length; depth of snout 9.2-16.0 in snout length; head length 4.7-5.1 in SL (Ref. 90102). |
| Facilidad de identificación |
| LÃneas laterales | interrumpido: No |
| Escalas en la lÃnea lateral | |
| Escalas de la lÃnea lateral con poros | |
| Escalas en las series laterales | |
| Filas de escalas sobre la lÃnea lateral | |
| Filas de escalas debajo de la lÃnea lateral | |
| Escalas alrededor del peduncule caudal | |
| Barbillas | 0 |
| Hendiduras branquiales (solamente tiburones/rayas) | |
| Branquispinas | |
| en el miembro inferior | |
| en el miembro superior | |
| total | |
| Vértebra | |
| preanal | |
| total |
| Cualidades | no striking attributes |
| Número de las aletas | |
| número de pÃnnulas | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
| Ventral 0 - 0 | |
| total de espinas | 0 - 0 |
| Total de rayos suaves | 18 - 19 |
| Aleta adiposa | absent |
| Cualidades | more or less truncate; more or less normal |
| Número de las aletas | |
| total de espinas | |
| Total de rayos suaves | 4 - 4 |
| Pectoral | Cualidades |
| espinas | |
| Rayos-suaves 16 - 19 | |
| Pélvicas | Cualidades suppressed/absent |
| posición absent | |
| espinas | |
| Rayos-suaves |