Main Ref. | Ho, H.-C., S. Oktaviyani, T. Peristiwady and H.H. Tan, 2021 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | |
Body shape lateral | |
Cross section | compressed |
Dorsal head profile | |
Type of eyes | |
Type of mouth/snout | |
Position of mouth | |
Type of scales | |
Diagnosis |
Description: D 11; A 22; pectoral-fin rays 17 (both sides); pelvic-fin rays 9 (both side); upper/lower procurrent rays 15/16; upper/lower principal caudal-fin rays 10/9; gill rakers on first arch 34, upper limb 6, lower limb 28 (16 on ceratobranchial + 12 on hypobranchial, including three anterior ones with short spine-like teeth); total lateral-line scales 56 [before dorsal-fin origin (DFO) 25, before ventral fin origin (VFO) 27, before anal-fin origin (AFO) 40 (left)/41 (right)]; total vertebrae 61 (prehaemal 31; before DFO 26, before VFO 28, before AFO 41; caudal 30). Colouration: when fresh, body uniformly dark greyish; all fins are darker grey; eyes, snout, and cheek blackish; preserved colour pale grey; mouth cavity and gill chamber are black (Ref. 128303). |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | Interrupted: No |
Scales on lateral line | 56 - 56 |
Pored lateral line scales | |
Scales in lateral series | |
Scale rows above lateral line | |
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 | 61 - 61 |
Attributes | |
Fins number | |
Finlets No. | Dorsal |
Ventral | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 11 - 11 |
Adipose fin |
Attributes |
Fins number | |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total | 22 - 22 |
Pectoral | Attributes |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 17 - 17 | |
Pelvics | Attributes |
Position | |
Spines | |
Soft-rays 9 - 9 |