Morphology Data of Hyporhamphus picarti
Identification keys
Abnormalities
Main Ref. Bauchot, M.-L., 2003
Appearance refers to
Bones in OsteoBase

Sex attributes

Specialized organs
Different appearance
Different colors
Remarks

Descriptive characteristics of juvenile and adult

Striking features striking type of mouth
Body shape lateral elongated
Cross section compressed
Dorsal head profile more or less straight
Type of eyes more or less normal
Type of mouth/snout lower jaw greatly elongated
Position of mouth superior
Type of scales
Diagnosis

Diagnosis: body elongate; lower jaw forming long, narrow beak; upper jaw short, triangular and scaled; scales on snout; well developed preorbital crest between eye and nasal pit; pelvics fin abdominal; dorsal and anal fins placed far back on body and spineless; caudal fin slightly forked (Ref. 57227).

Description: fins spineless; pectoral fins short, tips not reaching to nasal pits when fins folded forwards; pelvic fins short; lower lobe caudal fin longer than upper; lateral line running low on body, with anterior branch directed to pectoral-fin base (Ref. 57227).

Coloration: back greenish, belly silvery white; narrow dorsally black-edged band along sides, and black lines on dorsal profile, extending from head to dorsal fin; fleshy tip of beak red; caudal fin pale with dark margins (Ref. 57227).

Ease of Identification

Meristic characteristics of Hyporhamphus picarti

Lateral Lines Interrupted: No
Scales on lateral line
Pored lateral line scales
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 18 - 25
on upper limb 7 - 11
total
Vertebrae
preanal
total

Fins

Dorsal fin(s)

Attributes no striking attributes
Fins number 1
Finlets No. Dorsal   
Ventral  
Spines total 0 - 0
Soft-rays total 13 - 16
Adipose fin absent

Caudal fin

Attributes forked; asymmetric

Anal fin(s)

Fins number 1
Spines total 0 - 0
Soft-rays total 13 - 17

Paired fins

Pectoral Attributes  more or less normal
Spines     0
Soft-rays   10 - 12
Pelvics Attributes  more or less normal
Position    abdominal  before origin of D1
Spines     0
Soft-rays   6 - 6
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