Main Ref. | Iwamoto, T., 1986 |
Appearance refers to | |
Bones in OsteoBase |
Specialized organs | |
Different appearance | |
Different colors | |
Remarks |
Striking features | striking shape of body |
Body shape lateral | elongated |
Cross section | circular |
Dorsal head profile | clearly convex |
Type of eyes | more or less normal |
Type of mouth/snout | more or less normal |
Position of mouth | sub-terminal/inferior |
Type of scales | ctenoid scales |
Diagnosis |
Head large; eyes also large; snout short, narrow, bluntly acute, with a small bifid scute at its tip. Head completely scaled except for underside of snout. Body tapering to a point posteriorly from behind the origin of the first dorsal fin base. Pyloric caeca 20. Spinules on scales broad, shield-shaped. Overall color is brownish to swarthy; trunk bluish to violet; fins blackish; mouth and gill cavities gray to blackish. |
Ease of Identification |
Lateral Lines | 1 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 | 1 |
Gill clefts (sharks/rays only) | |
Gill rakers | |
on lower limb | 9 - 10 |
on upper limb | 0 - 0 |
total | |
Vertebrae | |
preanal | |
total |
Attributes | no striking attributes |
Fins number | 2 |
Finlets No. | Dorsal 0 - 0 |
Ventral 0 - 0 | |
Spines total | 2 - 2 |
Soft-rays total | 140 - 141 |
Adipose fin | absent |
Attributes |
Fins number | 1 |
Spines total | |
Soft-rays total |
Pectoral | Attributes more or less normal |
Spines 0 | |
Soft-rays 20 - 25 | |
Pelvics | Attributes more or less normal |
Position thoracic before origin of D1 | |
Spines 0 | |
Soft-rays 8 - 10 |